Microsoft KB Archive/62840

PowerPoint 2.00 Help: Creating a Line Chart PSS ID Number: Q62840 Article last modified on 09-25-1991 PSS database name: W_PowerPt

2.00

WINDOWS

Summary:

The information below is taken from the PowerPoint version 2.00 Help file for creating a line chart.

To create a line chart:


 * 1) Enter data into the datasheet, and then make the Chart window active.
 * 2) Choose Line from the Chart menu.
 * 3) Select a style from the gallery that appears.
 * 4) To modify the chosen style, click Options, choose the ones you want, and then click OK.

Types of line charts you can create:


 * 1) Lines and markers
 * 2) Lines only
 * 3) Markers only
 * 4) Lines and markers with horizontal gridlines
 * 5) Lines and markers with horizontal and vertical gridlines
 * 6) Lines and markers with logarithmic scale gridlines
 * 7) Hi-low with markers and hi-low lines
 * 8) High-low-close chart for stock quotes. To select this style, the datasheet must contain exactly three series, no more and no less.

For more information about this topic, refer to Pages 286 and 391 of your “Microsoft PowerPoint User’s Guide.”

Copyright Microsoft Corporation 1991.