Manual
Bar chart
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Stacked Percentage. The columns in each category are stacked so
that the total height represents 100%. The height of each value is
shown as that value's percentage of the whole category. This is like a
vertical pie chart.
One Tone With Values. Columns all have the same tone and are
labeled with their numcric values.
One Tone With No Space Between Categories. Columns all have
the same tone, and the last column in category 1 touches the first
column in category 2 with no space between them.
A bar chart is like a column chart with the bars plotted horizontally rather
than vertically.
The same variations are available for bar charts and column charts.
Line chart
A/.ine dbart plots a point indicator for each value on one axis in relation to
the text label on the other axis, and connects the points in each series with
straight lines. This type of chart ks useful for showing how a value changes
over time. The illustrations below show a typical line chart The chart on the
left shows the result when the data ks entered horizontally (in rows). The one
, on the right shows the lms_.tt when the data is entered vertically (in col,J,nns).
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Variations on the standard line chart include the following:
* Liues Only. Draws only the lines connecting the points in each
series; does not draw the markers for each point.
Spreadsheet 104