Data Element Lines

Specify the order in which styles should be used for the line data elements in your new chart. Line styles are used whenever your chart includes line data elements and you select a choice that includes patterns in the Style Cycle Preference group in the main Chart Options dialog box.

For example, if you create a line chart with two groups and you select Cycle through patterns only in the main Chart Options dialog box, the first two styles in the Grouped Charts list are used as the line patterns on the new chart.

To Change the Order in Which Line Styles Are Used

1. Select Simple Charts and then select a line style that is used for line charts without categories.
2. Select Grouped Charts to change the pattern cycle for line charts with categories. To change a category's line style, select a category and then select a line style for that category from the palette.

Optionally, you can:

• Insert a new category above the selected category.
• Move a selected category.
• Remove a selected category.
• Reset the sequence to the default sequence.