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Pointertool
Open the Drawing tool bar
from the Show Tools
submenu of the Options
menu.
.
5.
Enter
the new
text.
When
you are finished
with the Text tool, select
the Pointer
tool from the
Drawing
tool bar and click on an empty
area of the chart
to remove
the
outline
around
the text (so that other
changes
are not accidentally
made
to the text).
About legends
7
Spreadsheet
generates
legend
labels
from the category
names
in the column
left of the data
(usually
column
A). If you do not have legend
labels in these
cells, and you select
Legend
from Titles & Legend
in the Chart menu,
Spreadsheet
will generate
generic
labels
for the legends.
I_ To add legend labels:
1. Enter your legend
labels
in the left column
(category
names).
2. Select
the cells that contain
the data you want
to chart,
including
the left
column
with the category
names.
3. Select
the chart type
from the Chart menu
or from the Advanced
Functions
tool bar. A_er a few seconds
the chart appears.
4. If the legends
are not present,
select
the chart; then select
Titles & Legends
from the Chart menu
and dick
on Legend.
5. Click on Apply;
then click on Close.
The Legends
appear
on the chart.
TO edit legend
la_-lS i_
1. Select
the cell in the left column
that contains
the legend
label.
2.
Press CTRL + SPACEBAR
The cursor appears
inside
the Edit Area.
3.
Press BACKSPACE
to remove
text you do not want,
and enter
the new
label.
4. Press ENTER. After a few seconds, the legend cbanges to sbow tbe new
text.
Changing
Markings
7"here are three
different types of chart
markings
you can
change: axis markings,
grid marldngs,
and the
marker shapes that
indicate values on a
chart.
Axis
markings
and grid
markings
are visual
aids that can help people
understand
your chart.
Axis markings
are the tick marks
that divide
the axis
lines. Grid markings
are vertical
and horizontal
lines that can cover the chart
area between
the axes.
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