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Chapter 9

Creating Charts

Area Charts and Line Charts

In area and line charts, you can use symbols—circles, triangle, squares, and

diamonds—to represent data points.

To use a symbol for the data points in a series:

1

Select a data series (area shape or line).

2

In the Series pane of the Chart Inspector, choose a symbol from the Data Point

Symbol pop-up menu.

3

Fill the symbol by choosing one of the options in the Symbol Fill pop-up menu.

To set the line color and shadow:

m

Use the Stroke and Shadow controls in the Graphic Inspector.

For more information about using the Graphic Inspector to set line color, shadow, and

the fill for data point symbols, see Chapter 7, “Changing Object Properties.”

The data points in this
series are represented
with circles.

The data points in this
series are represented
with triangles.

Choose a symbol to use
for data points.

Fill data point symbols
with color or images.

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