| Axis | Line that contains a measurement by which you compare plotted values.
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| Categories | Organizes values in a data series.
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| Category names | Correspond to worksheet text you use to label data.
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| Chart area | Area in which all chart elements reside.
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| Chart sheet | Chart on a separate sheet.
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| Chart title | Labels the entire chart.
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| Charts | Sometimes called graphs, they are a graphical representation of data.
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| Data label | Value or name assigned to an individual data point.
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| Data marker | Graphic representation of the value of a data point in a chart.
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| Data points | Values that comprise a data series.
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| Data series | Set of values that you want to chart.
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| Embedded chart | Chart on a worksheet near the data you are charting.
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| Gridlines | Extensions of tick marks that help identify the value of the data markers.
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| Hide (data) | Reduce a row's height to zero.
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| Label text | Chart text such as tick mark labels, category axis labels, and data series names.
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| Legend | Indicates which data marker represents each series when you chart multiple series.
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| Plot area | Rectangular area bounded by the X-axis on the left and the Y-axis on the bottom.
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| Selection handles | Small white squares that appear around an object that is selected.
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| Series in | Option that establishes the way the data series is represented-either by rows or by columns.
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| Sizing handles | See selection handles.
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| Stacked bar chart | Subtype of the bar chart, combines the data markers in a data series together to form one bar, placing each marker at the end of the preceding one in the same data series.
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| Tick marks | Small lines, similar to marks on a ruler, that are uniformly spaced along each axis and identify the position of category names or values.
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| X-axis | Contains markers denoting category values.
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| X-axis title | Briefly describes the X-axis categories.
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| Y-axis | Contains the value of data being plotted.
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| Y-axis title | Identifies the values being plotted on the Y-axis.
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