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4. If you’re creating a quick chart and it contains summary data, you can click the Summary
menu in the Chart inspector and select a different summary type. See
Summary types for
charts.
5. To specify additional data series for the y-axis, click Add Y Series, then repeat step 3 to
complete the Series Name and Data settings.
• To specify another y-axis series, click +.
• To remove a data series from the y-axis, select the series, then click –.
• To change the order of the y-axis data series, drag items in the list.
6. Select Show Legend to display a legend in the chart. To change labels in the legend, edit
the Series Name and click outside the text box.
7. To set axis options, see Formatting and scaling chart axes.
8. To change the color scheme, legend appearance, or font style, click Style in the Chart
inspector. See
Changing the look of a chart.
9. Click Print or Save as Layout (quick charts) or Done (Layout mode charts) to finish the
chart. See
Creating quick charts or Creating and editing charts in Layout mode.
Notes
• In Browse mode, you can display an x-axis, y-axis, or radius value by pausing the pointer
over a data point in a chart.
• In scatter and bubble charts, x-axis and y-axis values must be numerical.
• X-axis values are typically an explanatory variable (the cause).
• Y-axis values are typically a response variable (the effect).
• Bubble charts are an extension of scatter charts and give you the ability to plot a second
response variable.
• The radius display in a bubble chart shows the relative magnitude of radius data points
rather than their precise values. Therefore, if radius data values are very small (for example,
0.2, 0.5.and 0.7), bubbles display large enough that you can distinguish the difference and
relationship between them.
Formatting and scaling chart axes
You can use the Chart inspector to set display options for the x-axis and y-axis.
To set axis options:
1. Create a chart or double-click an existing chart in Layout mode.
2. In the Chart inspector, click Chart and navigate to the Axis Options.
3. If Axis Options are not displayed, click .
4. To display a data value for each data point, select Show data points on chart.
Symbol
(Scatter charts only)
Choose a symbol to mark each data point in the chart, or choose None
to hide symbols. Symbol color is determined by the color scheme
setting in the Styles area of the Chart inspector. See
Changing the
look of a chart.
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