X Axis Tab
We advise
our client colleagues that the labels assigned to the groups that we created
earlier will suffice to address the visual x-axis, and that we therefore need
only to deal with the “labels” settings (we can leave the Title and other
settings at default).
2.
Ensure that
the Show labels checkbox is checked.
3.
Click the
Style button to the immediate right of the blank Format code box.
The Style
Properties dialog box appears, once again.
4.
Make the
settings, listed in Table 3 below, within the Style Properties dialog box:
|
Property
|
|
Setting
|
|
|
|
|
|
Family
|
|
Arial
|
|
Size
|
|
9pt
|
|
Style
|
|
Normal
|
|
Weight
|
|
Normal
|
|
Color
|
|
Black
|
|
Decoration
|
|
None
|
|
|
|
|
Table 3: Style Properties Dialog
The Style
Properties dialog appears, with our settings, as shown in Illustration 33.
Illustration 33: Style Properties Dialog Box with Settings
5.
Click OK to
accept changes and to exit the Style Properties dialog box.
We return
to the X Axis tab, once again, where we will leave all else at default. The X
Axis tab appears, with our settings, as depicted in Illustration 34.
Illustration 34: Chart Properties Dialog Box – X Axis Tab with Our Settings
We will
move to the Y Axis tab in the next subsection.
Y Axis Tab
We propose
doing a little more “adjustment” to the default settings in the Y Axis tab than
we witnessed in its X Axis counterpart in the section above. These
modifications will be primarily in the interest of presentation compactness and
clarity.
2.
Type ( or cut
and paste) the following into the Title box on the tab:
="Total Internet "& vbcrlf &" Sales" &""
Here we
are adding the title “Total Internet Sales”, using the “vbcrlf” keyword within
the expression to force the word “Sales” into a second row of the title, so
that the title takes up less vertical space.
3.
Click the
Style button to the immediate right of the Title box.
The Style
Properties dialog box appears, as we have seen in earlier sections.
4.
Make the
settings, listed in Table 4 below, within the Style Properties dialog box:
|
Property
|
|
Setting
|
|
|
|
|
|
Family
|
|
Arial
|
|
Size
|
|
9pt
|
|
Style
|
|
Normal
|
|
Weight
|
|
Normal
|
|
Color
|
|
Black
|
|
Decoration
|
|
None
|
|
|
|
|
Table 4: Style Properties Dialog
The Style
Properties dialog appears, with our settings, as shown in Illustration 35.
Illustration 35: Style Properties Dialog Box with Settings
5.
Click OK to
accept changes and to exit the Style Properties dialog box.
We return
to the Y Axis tab.
6.
Ensure that
the Show labels checkbox is checked.
7.
Type the
following into the Format code box:
#,###
8.
Click the
Style button to the immediate right of the newly occupied Format code box.
The Style
Properties dialog box appears, once again.
9.
Make the
settings, listed in Table 5 below, within the Style Properties dialog box:
|
Property
|
|
Setting
|
|
|
|
|
|
Family
|
|
Arial
|
|
Size
|
|
9pt
|
|
Style
|
|
Normal
|
|
Weight
|
|
Normal
|
|
Color
|
|
Black
|
|
Decoration
|
|
None
|
|
|
|
|
Table 5: Style Properties Dialog
The Style
Properties dialog appears, with our settings, as depicted in Illustration 36.
Illustration 36: Style Properties Dialog Box with Settings
10.
Click OK to
accept changes and to exit the Style Properties dialog box.
We return
to the Y Axis tab, once again, where we will leave all else at default. The Y
Axis tab appears, with our settings, as shown in Illustration 37.
Illustration 37: Y Axis Properties Dialog Box – General Tab with Our Settings
We will
move to the Legend tab next.
» 
Comment and Contribute
