Change Period/Data Range

Brief

This section describes how to change the period and data range of a chart.

Details

Working with a bar chart, you can change either only the chart period or the data range of the chart or both the chart period and data range.

To change the period, on the toolbar, in the Period box , do one of the following:

To change the data range of the chart, on the toolbar, in the Period box , do the following:

  1. Click the Arrow button .
  2. Point to the period of the chart, and then click the data range of your choice in the list of the submenu.

Note: You can also change the data range of the chart by scrolling it. For details, see Scrolling.

To change both the chart period and data range, do the following:

  1. On the Chart menu, point to Show Data Range, and then point to the period of your choice.
  2. Click the data range of your choice in the list of the submenu.

Note: You cannot change the chart period to Tick. To view a tick chart, create a chart by typing or clicking T in the Period box of the Create Chart dialog box. For details, see Create Chart.

Working with a tick chart, you can change only the data range.

To change the data range of a Tick chart, do one of the following:

Note: You cannot change the Tick period to any other chart period. To view a chart of another period, create a chart by selecting another than Tick period in the Period box of the Create Chart dialog box. For details, see Create Chart.

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