Series

When you select the type of graph for each series on the Input tab of the Multi-purpose Chartform, you can select from the following options:

Series variants

• Scatter: Means that when the line is drawn between the points, they are not sorted by their x-value first. So this does not guarantee that the line will travel from left to right of the chart.

• Step: Means that the line between each point is in a step shape, rather than straight from one to the other. The “Inverted steps” option will invert the shape of these steps.

• Spline: Means that a curvy spline will be drawn from one point to the other, rather than a straight line.

• Stacked: Means that when there are at least two series of the same stacked series type, and they share the same x-values, they will be stacked on top of each other, rather than side by side or overlapping.

Series types

Line

A simple line series, with each point being connected by a line to the next.

Line:

Scatter Line:

Step Line:

Spline Line:

Bar

Each point will be displayed as a bar, with the x-value being the centre of the bar on the x-axis, and the y-value being the height of the bar.

Bar:

Stacked Bar:

Point

Simply just plots each point with no other decoration.

Point:

Area

Plot the series like a line series, except the area under the series is shaded:

Area:

Spline Area:

Stacked Area:

Stacked Spline Area:

Step Area: