What Is a Line Sheet?
A line chart is data that is arranged in columns or rows of a worksheet and can be drawn into a line chart. Line charts can display continuous data that changes over time (based on common scaling settings), so they are great for showing trends in data at equal intervals.
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- If the classification label is text and represents a uniformly distributed value, such as month, quarter, or fiscal year, then a line chart should be used. Line charts are especially useful when there are multiple series-for a series, you should consider using category charts. If you have several evenly distributed numeric labels (especially years), you should also use a line chart. If you have more than ten numeric labels, use them instead
- Line charts have the following chart subtypes:
- Line charts and line markers with data markers Line charts are used to show trends over time or in ordered categories. Data points may be displayed to represent individual data values, or they may not be displayed. Line charts are especially useful when there are many data points and the order in which they are displayed is important.
- Stacked line graphs and stacked line graphs with data markers: Stacked line graphs are used to show the trend of the size of each value over time or ordinal categories. Data points may be displayed to represent individual data values or may not be displayed. data point. If there are many categories or the values are approximate, a line chart should be stacked with no data points.
- TipTo better display this type of data, you may want to consider using stacking instead
- 1. Handling of "fonts"
- Suggestion: Cancel the "Auto-scale" function of the font of the chart. This can prevent the font of the chart items from changing unnecessarily when the chart size is changed.
- Cancel the "Auto Zoom" function of all chart items. To cancel the font "Auto Zoom" function of all chart items, cancel the "Font Zoom" function of the chart area. You can double-click the chart area and bring up the "Chart Area Format" dialog box, switch to the "Font" tab, and deselect the check box in front of "Auto Zoom". This will cancel the font zoom function of all chart items. , And then set the font size for the font of each chart item as needed.
- 2. Processing of "grid lines"
- When using a "line chart" or "scatter chart", pay special attention to reducing the effect of the grid line on the data series. You can cancel the grid line or set it as a dotted line and change it to a light color.
- 3. Setting of data series format
- Generally do not use the default format settings, change the "linear" or "data mark" and "fill" according to your needs.
- As shown in the screenshot, the upper chart performs normal formatting operations, while the lower one is a chart that uses the formatting suggestions above.