Excel: Creating charts
Quiz on chart terminology
The Chart Area is:
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The value or name assigned to individual data points.
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The entire chart; containing all of the
data series, axes, titles and legends.
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A separate sheet in the workbook which only
contains one chart.
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Data Points are:
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Lines across the plot area, allowing the
eye to travel more easily back to the values on the axes.
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Vertical lines extending from the data
point to the category (x) axis, which can be used on area and line charts.
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Values from cells on worksheets, displayed
as bars, lines, columns, pie slices or other shapes on a chart.
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The Plot Area is:
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The part of the chart bound by the vertical
and horizontal axes and their opposing sides.
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A
key that appears in a small box beside your chart.
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An
additional value axis that appears on the opposite side of the chart.
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