think-cell 5.3 – User Guide

Combination chart
Icon in Elements menu:
A combination chart combines line and column segments
in a single chart. Line chart on page 37 and Column
chart and stacked column chart on page 36 describe
in detail the usage of lines and column segments
in charts.
To convert a line to a series of segments, simply highlight
the line and select the Set to Segment Type button
from the context menu. To convert segments to a line,
simply highlight a segment of the series and select the
Set to Line Type button from the context menu. The
data sources of line charts, stacked charts and combination
charts have the same format.
Column chart, line chart and area chart 40
This function can be used in stacked and clustered column
charts as well as in line charts.
Scales and axes
Value axis
In menu: Chart
Menu item:
Use this feature to display a value y-axis.
Note: The x-axis of a Mekko chart is also a value axis.
Similarly, scatter and bubble charts have two value axes
that are always displayed. In addition, the x-axis of a
line chart may be a value axis, rather than a category
axis (see Line chart on page 37). The x-axes of all other
charts are standard category axes.
Adjusting the scale of a value axis. When selected, a
value axis has three handles:
– Value axes are usually scaled by think-cell. You can,
however, manually scale a value axis by dragging the
handles at the end of the value axis. The values on the
axis must always include the range between the lowest
and largest value in the data sheet. If you do not
want to show a specific value, either remove it from
the data sheet or hide the respective data sheet row or
column. Automatic value axis scaling can be restored
by dragging the handles until the tooltip indicates Au-
tomatic. Holding down ✄ ✂ ✁
Alt while dragging ensures that
the value axis scale will not revert to automatic mode.