column which is drawn at the bottom of the stacked areas. Percent - this sub-type plots values cumulatively stacked on each other and scaled as percentage of the category total. Figure: . Area Chart Percentage Line chart A line chart shows values as points on the y-axis.
The x-axis shows categories. The y-values of each data series can be connected by a line. Points only - this sub-type plots only points. Points and lines - this sub-type plots points and connects points of the same data series by a line.
Lines only - this sub-type plots only lines. -D lines - this sub-type connects points of the same data series by a -D line. Figure: . Line Chart - Points Only Scatter or XY chart An X-Y chart in its basic form is based on one data series consisting of a name, a list of x values, and a list of y values.
Each value pair (x|y) is shown as a point in a coordinate system. The name of the data series is associated with the y values and shown in the legend. All the charts are created with default settings. After the chart is finished, you can edit its properties to change the appearance.
Line styles and icons can be changed on the Line tab page of the data series properties dialogue box. Double-click on any data point to open the Data Series dialogue box. In this dialogue box, you can change many properties of the data series. For -D charts, you can choose Insert - y-Error Bars to enable the display of error bars.
You can enable the display of mean value lines and trend lines using commands on the Insert menu. Points only Each data point is shown by an icon. OpenOffice uses default icons with different forms and colours for each data series. The default colours are set using Tools → Options → Charts → Default Colours.
Lines Only This variant draws straight lines from one data point to the next. The data points are not shown by icons. The drawing order is the same