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156 Chapter 8 Using Charts
Formatting Titles, Labels, and Legends
You can change the size and appearance of chart and axis titles, axis labels, data point
labels, and legends.
To format the text of labels and legends:
1 Select the text you want to format.
To format all chart titles and labels, click the chart to select it. If you select the text for
one data point or axis label, all the text of that kind is also selected. You change the
font for a chart legend separately.
2 Use the Format menu or the Font panel to format the text. See “Using the Format
Menu to Format Text” on page 41 and “Using the Font Panel to Format Text” on
page 42 for instructions.
Adding Descriptive Text to a Chart
You can add descriptive text to a chart, such as when you want to provide background
information for a particular data point.
To add text:
1 Create a text box. See “Adding Free Text Boxes” on page 59 for instructions.
2 Drag the text box to where you want it on the chart.
3 Type text in the text box.
Optionally group the chart and the text box so the text stays with the chart. Shift-click
to select both the chart and the text box, and then choose Arrange > Group.
Formatting Specific Types of Charts
Different chart styles offer unique options for formatting their elements.
Pie Charts
For pie charts, Keynote plots only the first data point for each data series. If the data
series are in rows, only the first column is charted; if the data series are in columns, only
the first row is charted.
Thus, one pie chart represents a single data set, and each wedge is one element in that
set. You can chart any data set by moving it to the first row or column.
You can format a pie chart as a whole, or you can format individual wedges.