Apple Numbers '09 - Manual (Page 143)

Chapter 7 Creating Charts from Data 143
Deleting a Chart
Here are ways to delete a chart:
To remove the chart and not its related table or tables, select it and press Delete.
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To remove both the chart and its related table or tables, select the table(s) and m
press Delete.
Sharing Charts with Pages and Keynote Documents
You can copy a chart and paste it into a Keynote presentation or a Pages document.
After it’s pasted, the chart is linked to the Numbers version. If the Numbers table data
depicted in the chart changes, you can refresh the chart in Keynote or Pages.
To link a Numbers chart to a copy of it in Keynote or Pages:
Save your spreadsheet, select and copy the chart, and then paste it into a Keynote
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presentation or a Pages document.
To update a linked chart in Keynote or Pages:
Make sure that the Numbers spreadsheet containing the updated chart is saved.
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In Keynote or Pages, select the chart and click the Refresh button.
To unlink a chart from its Numbers version:
In Keynote or Pages, select the chart and click Unlink.
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Formatting Charts
Every chart you create has an associated title, chart legend, and labels that you can
choose to show or hide or whose look or placement you can change. You can also
change the chart colors and textures, the axis scales and tick marks, and the data point
labels within the chart. You can rotate 2D charts and adjust the angle and lighting
style used in 3D charts.
To learn how to Go to
Format a chart’s title, labels, and legend “Placing and Formatting a Chart’s Title and
Legend” on page 144
“Formatting the Text of Chart Titles, Labels, and
Legends” on page 153
Change a chart’s size and orientation “Resizing or Rotating a Chart” on page 144
Change a chart’s scale, axis marking, and labels “Formatting Chart Axes” on page 145