Chart Concepts and Techniques

This chapter explains the basic concepts and techniques of charting. The following topics are covered.

• Chart Elements, which defines and describes the different chart elements
• Selecting Chart Elements
• Moving Chart Elements
• Sizing Chart Elements
• Using the Context Menu to Edit Charts
• Charting Dialog Boxes, which is a list of all the charting dialogs and their tabs, along with explanations of what you can do with each tab
• Working With Chart Data Ranges
• Resetting Chart Formatting

Other basic charting topics not documented in this chapter can be found at:

• Getting Started With Charts, which explains how to create charts and do basic chart formatting
• Guide to Individual Chart Types, which describes each chart type in detail