Microsoft KB Archive/62837

PowerPoint 2.00 Help: Creating an Area Chart PSS ID Number: Q62837 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 an area chart.

To create an area chart:


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

The types of area charts you can create:


 * 1) Simple 3-D area chart
 * 2) 100 percent with 3-D
 * 3) 3-D with drop lines
 * 4) 3-D with major gridlines
 * 5) 3-D with areas labeled (names of series appear on chart)
 * 6) Simple area chart
 * 7) 100 percent
 * 8) With areas labeled (names of series appear on chart)

For more information about this topic, refer to Pages 286 and 388 of your “Microsoft PowerPoint User’s Guide.”

Copyright Microsoft Corporation 1991.