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Term
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Definition
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Active Chart
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A chart that is currently selected and is ready for additional formatting
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Attached Text
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Text boxes that can contain the chart title and the axes titles
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AutoShapes
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Predefined shapes available on the Drawing Toolbar which include simple square or circles or more complicated object such as flow chart objects and block arrows
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Category values (or x values)
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Data series on the X-axis
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Chart Area
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The entire chart and all of the elements pertaining to that chart
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Chart Sheet
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A new sheet that is automatically inserted in the workbook and contains a chart
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Chart Title
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A text box that describes the contents of the plot and data series
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Chart Wizard
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A series of dialog boxes that prompt you for information about the chart you want to create
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Charts
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Drawings that depict data in a graphical form including
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Data Markers
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The graphical representations in the plot area of a graph
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Data Series
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A collection of data source(s) where each data series is a range of data values that are platted on the chart
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Data Source
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Data specified to be displayed in a chart
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Data Values
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Values within the cells of the data source
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Elevation
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An option available in a 3-D chart which creates the illusion that you are looking at the 3-D chart from a particular height either above or below the chart
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Embedded Chart
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A chart that is displayed within a worksheet
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Exploded Pie Chart
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A pie chart with one or more pie slices separated from the whole pie
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Gridlines
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Line that extend the tick marks into the plot area
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Label Text
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Text that can be placed on a chart including the category names, the tick mark labels, and the legend text
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Legend
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A box that contains the identity of each data series indicating a unique color or pattern for each series
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Major gridlines
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Lines that extend the tick marks across the plot area
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Minor gridlines
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Lines that divide the space between the major gridlines
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Perspective
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An option available in a 3-D chart which creates an illusion that parts of the 3-D chart are “farther” away from you by decreasing their size.
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Plot Area
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The basic element of a chart which is a rectangular area that contains a graphical representation of the values in the data series
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Scale
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A range of values on an axis
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Tick Marks
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Marks next to the data values on the axes which act like the division lines on a ruler
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Unattached Text
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Additional text boxes that you would like to add to your chart
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