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Chart Area This is the area surrounding the chart.

Plot Area This is the area in which we plot our data.

X-axis This is the horizontal axis. It is also known as the category axis.

Y-axis This is the vertical axis. It is also known as the value axis.

It allows you to assign colours to different data series. This makes it easy
Legend
to identify various plotted data series.

Data Series This is the set of values you want to plot in the chart.

Chart Title This is the title or name given to the chart you have plotted.

X-axis Title This is the label given to the horizontal axis title.

Y-axis Title This is the label given to the vertical axis title.

Types of Charts in Excel 2016

Excel 2016 provides several types of charts which can help you to understand, compare and
analyse the data.
Here are some commonly used charts in Excel:

Pie Chart

Displays data as a percentage of
the whole. This shows each value in
a data series as a piece of a pie. A
pie chart can only display one data
series at a time. Useful for
displaying percentages. Pie with
user defined values extracted and
combined into a second pie or

stacked bar.

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