Apple numbers User Manual

    Using Charts 

 

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Select the chart, hold down the Command key, move the pointer toward a selection 
handle until it changes to a curved, double-headed arrow, and then drag a selection 
handle.

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To rotate a chart in 45-degree increments, press the Shift and Command keys while 
dragging a selection handle.

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Click Inspector in the toolbar, click the Metrics Inspector button, and then drag the 
Rotate wheel or use the Angle controls to set the angle of the chart.

Pie charts can also be rotated using the Chart Inspector (see “Rotating 2D Pie Charts” 
on page 115).

Use the Axis pane in the Chart Inspector to format the grid and general look of chart 
axes.

Most charts have two axes, an X-axis and a Y-axis. Depending on the type of chart, data 
points are plotted on one of the axes and data sets are grouped on the other axis. The 
data point axis is called the value axis, and the data set axis is called the category axis.

You can show any or all of these elements of a chart: the X-axis, the Y-axis, and chart 
borders.

Select a chart.

Click Inspector in the toolbar, click the Chart Inspector button, and then click Axis.

Choose one or more items from the Axes & Borders pop-up menu to select the items.

A selected item has a checkmark next to it; choose the item again to deselect it.

Set attributes of labels, 
tick marks, and more.

Select units for values in 
the chart.

Show or hide axes and chart 
borders (2D charts only).

Set the range of values that 
appear on the chart grid.