The chart area contains all of the chart elements. This is the area enclosed by the large
rectangle in Figure 8.6. You can drag the entire chart area to anywhere on your work-
sheet. The grid-lined area, walls with gridlines, within the chart area in the figure is
known as the plot area. The 2-dimensional charts have only one wall: the back wall.
The 3-dimensional charts have three walls: the back, the floor, and the side wall, as in
Figure 8.6. You can choose a background color or no color at all for the plot area. The
horizontal or x-axis of the plot is called the category axis where Excel shows category
labels, for exa ...
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