Excel Chapter 3

Legend

A chart element that identifies the patterns or colors that are assigned to the categories in the chart.

Pie chart

A chart that shows the relationship of each part to a whole.

Bevel

A shape effect that uses shading and shadows to make the edges of a shape appear to be curved or angled.

Fund

A sum of money set aside for a specific purpose.

Chart sheet

A workbook sheet that contains only a chart.

Line chart

A chart type that displays trends over time; time displays along the bottom axis and the data point values are connected with a line.

Data marker

A column, bar, area, dot, pie slice, or other symbol in a chart that represents a single data point; related data points form a data series.

Data point

A value that originates in a worksheet cell and that is represented in a chart by a data marker.

Goal Seek

A what-if analysis tool that finds the input needed in one cell to arrive at the desired result in another cell.

Data series

Related data points represented by data markers; each data series has a unique color or pattern represented in the chart legend.

Chart Elements box

The box in the Chart Tools tabs from which you can select a chart element so that you can format it.

Tick marks

The short lines that display on an axis at regular intervals.

General Fund

The term used to describe money set aside for the normal operating activities of a government entity such as a city.

Major unit

The value in a chart's value axis that determines the spacing between tick marks and between the gridlines in the plot area.

What-if Analysis

The process of changing the values in cells to see how those changes affect the outcome of formulas in a worksheet.

Explode

The action of pulling out one or more pie slices from a pie chart for emphasis.

Category axis

The area along the bottom of a chart that identifies the categories of data; also referred to as the x-axis.

Plot area

The area bounded by the axes of a chart, including all the data series.

Chart area

The entire chart and all of its elements.

Relative cell reference

In a formula, the address of a cell based on the relative position of the cell that contains the formula and the cell referred to.

WordArt

A gallery of text styles with which you can create decorative effects, such as shadowed or mirrored text.

Text box

A movable resizable container for text or graphics.

Value axis

A numerical scale on the left side of a chart that shows the range of numbers for the data points; also referred to as the y-axis.