Apple Pages '09 - Manual (Page 233)

Chapter 10 Creating Charts from Data 233
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” field. 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
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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-
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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 Specific Chart Types” on page 237.
Formatting the Elements in a Chart’s Data Series
You can use a variety of visual effects 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.