I have two graphs, which Numbers seems to call charts, with the same horizontal axes. One shows projected expenditure in stages over the next five years and the other shows projected income in stages over the next five years. I want to combine the two on one chart with one vertical axis, so that both the lines appear and I can see where they intersect.
iMac 21.5″, macOS 10.15
Choose one of the charts and add the other series to it.
I was taught that a chart is a tabular representation of data and a graph or plot is a graphical representation of data. It is a hard transition to start calling graphs "charts" and calling charts "tables" but that's what they are called.
Choose one of the charts and add the other series to it.
I was taught that a chart is a tabular representation of data and a graph or plot is a graphical representation of data. It is a hard transition to start calling graphs "charts" and calling charts "tables" but that's what they are called.
Badunit wrote:
I was taught that a chart is a tabular representation of data and a graph or plot is a graphical representation of data. It is a hard transition to start calling graphs "charts" and calling charts "tables" but that's what they are called.
In English, anyway. But as far as I know stock charts have always been stock charts. Stock "graphs" wouldn't sound right. Stock "plots," maybe, but still strange. And I've always heard tide tables called tide tables, not tide charts. Charts for navigation are of course graphical like a map, not tabular.
“When I use a word,’ Humpty Dumpty said in rather a scornful tone, ‘it means just what I choose it to mean — neither more nor less.’
’The question is,’ said Alice, ‘whether you can make words mean so many different things.’
SG
Greetings from Australia.
My 2 cents:
A chart is either:
Regards,
Ian.
But what do you call those things with squiggly lines representing stock prices?😀
SG
SGIII wrote:
But what do you call those things with squiggly lines representing stock prices?😀
SG
A downward trend?
Counter to my original post, "table" is an appropriate name for the grid of tabular data. It is the definition of "tabular" in physical form. But we plotted data on graphs in school so I am sticking with "graph" as the appropriate term for the graphical representation of data. Graph, graphical, they go together. But different professions use different jargon so, whatever, it doesn't really matter.
In the latest Numbers version on this iMac Apple uses the word CHART:
Paul.
Hi hsbibn,
We seem to have drifted away from your original question. Sorry.
Badunit wrote:
Choose one of the charts and add the other series to it.
Is there any more help that we can give?
Regards,
Ian.
It worked! I'm inordinately proud of the result. Many thanks.
Numbers combining charts
