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If you must use a
number for the chart
title, sedes name, or
categoryname, place
a quote mark (')
before the number so
Spreadsheet
interpretsit as text.
Chart Tide. The tide of the chart. This label is optional.
If you do not place
any text in this cell, the chart will not be tided. You can tide it later using the-
Titles and Legends choice on the Chart menu.
Series Name. The series names are the labels of the spreadsheet
columns.
Category
Name.
The category
names
are the labels of the spreadsheet
rows.
Spreadsheet
uses these
labels to create
legends
(see Adding
Tides
and a
Legend
on page
111).
Value. The
numeric
data values
that Spreadsheet
charts.
Each
category
you
want
to chart
should
have
at least one value
for each series.
Empty
cells in
your spreadsheet
will be interpreted
as zeros
in your chart.
Types of Charts
Spreadsheet
lets you create
the following
types
of charts:
•
Column
•
Bar
•
Line
•
X-Y Plot
•
Pie
• High/low
Column
chart
A co/tram
obart
(or a vertical
bar chart)
plots
each category
in a series
as a
vertical
bar. The height
of the bar corresponds
to the value
of that category_
The illustration
at the left shows
a typical
column
chart.
Variations on the standard
column chart include the following:
•
Overlapped.
The columns within each category overlap each other
slightly.
•
Stacked. The columns within each category are stacked vertically on
top of each other. The height of the stacked column is the sum of the
values in the category.
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