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Controlling Chart Gridlines
Summary: You have control over the appearance of gridlines in a chart. (This tip works with Microsoft Word 6, Word 95, Word 97, Word 2000, Word 2002, and Word 2003.)Microsoft Graph is a simple graphing program provided with Word. It includes the ability to view your graph data in both spreadsheet and graph formats. The graphs you create can include gridlines, if desired. Gridlines are used in a chart to help the reader better understand the data being presented. This is particularly true with three-dimensional presentation, where it can be harder to see how chart elements precisely relate to each other. You can control the display and appearance of gridlines in this way:
- Select Chart Options from the Chart menu. Microsoft Graph displays the Chart Options dialog box.
- Make sure the Gridlines tab is selected. (Click here to see a related figure.)
- Use the check boxes to select which gridlines are hidden or displayed. You can see the effects of your choices in the sample displayed in the dialog box.
- Click on OK.
Tip #702 applies to Microsoft Word versions: 6 95 97 2000 2002 2003
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