Word 2013 In Depth

12. Working with Charts

A chart is a graphical representation of numeric data. Charts can summarize data and help people make sense out of it. (Some people call them graphs, and in fact, so did Microsoft up until the 2007 version of Word; the program that was used to create charts was called Microsoft Graph.) In this chapter, you find out how to create, format, modify, and position charts in your documents.

Understanding the Parts of a Chart

To work with charts in Word, you should have a general grasp of Word’s charting vocabulary. Here are some of the key terms to know, many of which are pointed out in Figures 12.1 and 12.2:

• Data point—An individual numeric value, represented by a bar, point, column, or pie slice.

• Data series—A group of ...