Apple numbers User Manual

 Using Charts

 

To format the border stroke and color, select the chart and use the line style controls 
on the Format Bar.

You can add a title to a chart’s X-axis and Y-axis. The title can be formatted.

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To add an axis title, select the chart and then select Show Category Title from the X-
Axis or Show Value Title from the Y-Axis pop-up menu in the Axis pane of the Chart 
Inspector. Replace the placeholder text with your title.

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To format the title’s text, see “Formatting Titles, Labels, and Legends” on page 112.

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To hide an axis title, select the chart and then deselect Show Category Title from the X-
Axis or Show Value Title from the Y-Axis pop-up menu in the Axis pane of the Chart 
Inspector.

You can display data point values on columns, bars, pie wedges, and other chart 
elements of 2D and 3D charts.

Select the chart.

Click Inspector in the toolbar, click the Chart Inspector button, and click Series.

Choose Show Value from the Data Point Settings pop-up menu. 

To display the value as a percentage or logarithmic value instead of an absolute value, 
choose Percentage or Logarithmic in the X-Axis or Y-Axis pop-up menu on the Axis 
pane.

For pie charts, you display values as percentages by choosing Show Pie Values as 
Percentages from the Data Point Settings pop-up menu on the Series pane. To display 
the data series name for a wedge, choose Show Series Name from the Data Point 
Settings pop-up menu.

Select a label location from the Data Point Settings pop-up menu (for example, Middle 
or Below Right).

Specify the number of decimal places to display by entering a number in the Decimals 
field.

To format the data point labels, see “Formatting Titles, Labels, and Legends” on 
page 112.

Choose a line style.

Choose a line width.

Choose a line color.