Changing a chart from one type to another – Apple Pages '09 User Manual

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To add rows or columns, click Add Row or Add Column to place a row above the
selected row or a column to the left of the selected column. If no row or column is
selected, the new row or column appears at the bottom or right edge of the table.
(To see the new row or column, you may have to press the Return key or the Tab
key, expand the Chart Data Editor window, or scroll.)
Alternatively, select any blank cell, type your data, and then press Return. A new row
or column is automatically created.

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To delete rows or columns, select the row or column label, and then press Delete.

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To copy data from Excel, AppleWorks, or other spreadsheet applications, copy and paste
it into the Chart Data Editor.

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To choose whether the chart’s data series are represented by rows or columns, click

the “Row vs. Column” button in the Chart Data Editor.

This button makes the
rows of data in the Chart
Data Editor the data series.

This button makes the
columns of data in the Chart
Data Editor the data series.

To learn how to

Go to

Change a chart’s type

Changing a Chart from One Type to Another” on
page 226

Edit a chart using the Chart Data Editor

Editing Data in an Existing Chart” on page 227

Copy and paste a Numbers chart into a
Pages document

Updating a Chart Copied from a Numbers
Document”
on page 227

Changing a Chart from One Type to Another

You can change a chart’s type anytime you like. Some chart types, however, use the
row and column data differently, as described below.

To change a chart from one type to another:

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Select the chart.

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Choose a chart type from the pop-up menu in the format bar. Or click Inspector in the

toolbar, click the Chart button, and then choose a different chart type from the pop-up
menu that appears when you click the chart icon in the upper left. For a table of chart
types from which you can select, see “About Charts” on page 221.
If you switch to a pie chart, the first data point in each series is represented as a wedge.
If you switch to a scatter chart, each point in the chart requires two values. If the chart
is based on an odd number of rows or columns, the last row or column isn’t plotted.

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Chapter 10

Creating Charts from Data

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