Editing charts
When you have created a chart, you cannot return to the Chart Wizard to make changes. Instead, you use the Data Source dialog.
To display the Data Source dialog:
- In Design Mode, double-click the chart to edit. A hashed border is displayed.
- Right-click and select .
If the chart data is held in hyperblocks, one series is displayed in the List of Series pane. The series shows the references of the cells from which the chart takes its data. If the chart data is held in spreadsheet cells, there is a series for each column or row of data.
You can edit the cell references as required. For example, if you add an additional row of data to the spreadsheet, or add a cell to a hyperblock.
The Data Source dialog has these options:
- Sample Data
- To add or remove sample data from the chart in Design Mode, click Sample Data dialog. You can match the number of sample series and categories to the actual data. You might find this helpful if you want to format the appearance of each data series individually. to display the
- Add
- If the chart data is held in spreadsheet cells and you add a row or column of data which should be included in the chart, click . The currently highlighted series is duplicated. You can then edit it to reflect the cell references of the new row or column.
- Display message when chart area becomes too small
- This option will warn you if a chart contains too many data series to display correctly. It applies to charts with 1000 data series or more.
- Display hidden data
- You might want to exclude some of your data from a chart.
- Data in
- Select Rows or Columns as appropriate to the chart.