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Specify the interval at which you want category labels to appear by typing a value Â

or use the stepper in the “Label every ... categories” eld. For example, a value of 2

displays every other category title, a value of 3 displays every third category title,

and so on.

Choose Show Last Category from the Choose Axis Options pop-up menu under Â

Category Axis if you want the title of the last category to appear.

To add or hide an axis title:

1 Choose Show Title from the Choose Axis Options pop-up menu under Category Axis

or Value Axis.

2 On the chart, double-click the value title or category title that appears and type the

title you want.

3 To format the title’s text attributes, see “Formatting Text Size and Appearance” on

page 82.

4 To hide the title, choose the item again in the same pop-up menu to remove

the checkmark.

To set a linear, logarithmic, or percentage scale for the value axis:

Choose Linear Scale, Log Scale, or Percentage Scale from the Choose Axis Options pop- m

up menu under Value Axis.

Percentage scales are available only for 2D stacked bar, column, and area charts;

linear and logarithmic scales are available only for 2D charts that aren’t stacked. 3D

charts can only use a linear scale. (For pie charts, you display values as percentages by

choosing Show Pie Values as Percentages from the Data Point Settings pop-up menu.)

To change the color and texture of series elements, or to format data point symbols

and value labels, use the Series pane of the Chart inspector. See “Formatting the

Elements in a Chart’s Data Series” on page 233.

To learn about formatting options that are unique to a given chart type, see

“Formatting Specic Chart Types” on page 237.

Formatting the Elements in a Chart’s Data Series

You can use a variety of visual eects to enhance the appearance of data series

elements, such as bars (in column and bar charts), data point shapes (in line and

scatter charts), and area shapes.

Pie wedges also represent a data series, but these have special formatting

considerations. See “Customizing the Look of Pie Charts” on page 237 to learn more.

For bar, column, and area charts, you can make formatting selections to change the

look and style of data series shapes and symbols in the Series pane of the Chart

inspector. To learn about the Inspector window, see “The Inspector Window” on

page 23.

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