To select the data for your chart

  1. During the step-by-step procedure of creating your chart A pictorial representation of information from a table eg a graph. you will find the Data Source page of the Create New Chart dialog box A window used to supply information to Publisher..

    If you are editing an existing chart, double-click on the chart to display the Edit Chart Properties dialog box and select the Data Source tab.

  2. Click on the Data Source button. The Input Chart Values dialog box appears.

  3. From the Data Source drop-down list box, select the table you want to create a chart from. A preview of the table appears in the display box.

  4. Drag the mouse pointer over the sections of the table you want to include in the chart. The selected sections will be included.

  5. Click on OK to return to the Data Source page.

  6. In the Table Data box, click on either Rows or Columns to determine whether to use the first row or column of the table as the series data.

  7. Check the Series titles from data check box to include the series titles from the selected table.

  8. Check the Axis labels from data check box to include the axis labels from the selected table.

  9. In the Include Series list box, check the series you want to include in the chart.

Note:

When you use a table created in Publisher as the data source for your chart, the chart will change automatically when the table is updated.

To select the whole table, click on the box at the top left-hand corner of the table preview.

To select a whole row or column, click on the box at the left of the row or top of the column.