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Creating Your Chart
Microsoft Graph gives you a generic bar graph to revise, as shown in Figure 7.1. The basis of the
graph is the datasheet—whatever is entered in the datasheet is reflected in the chart.
Just like the table that we just completed in Hour 6, "Introducing Content Layouts with Tables," the
datasheet has columns, rows, and cells, as shown in Figure 7.2.
Figure 7.2. Changing the contents of the datasheet directly affects the
labels and plotting of the graph.
Along the top headings are the category labels. Category labels are the reference points for the
values that the graph will plot. The default entries are four quarters of a fiscal year.
Let's change the entries to reflect the products sold: shirts, slacks, belts, and socks. Just click in
the cells, type these entries, and drag your datasheet away so that you can see the bottom of the
chart area. You can see that just as the outline references the text in a slide's title and bullets, the
datasheet enables you change the contents of the chart area.
Let's continue to change the labels for what is called the value axis. These represent the actual
numbers or data that will be plotted. Let's pretend these are salespeople, and enter four names, as
shown in Figure 7.3.
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