| Axis Properties |
Example
You can change the default tick marks for the axis of an interval variable by following these steps.
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Open the Hurricanes data set, and create a scatter plot of wind_kts versus latitude. |
The scatter plot appears as in Figure 10.1. Note that the latitude axis has only a few tick marks. You might decide to add a few additional tick marks.
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Figure 10.1: A Scatter Plot
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Right-click on the horizontal axis of the plot, and select Axis Properties from the pop-up menu, as shown in Figure 10.2. |
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Figure 10.2: The Axis Pop-up Menu
The Axis Properties dialog box appears, as shown in Figure 10.3. Note that this is a quick way to determine the anchor location, tick unit, and tick range for an axis.
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Figure 10.3: Axis Properties Dialog Box
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Change the Anchor tick value to 0. |
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Change the Major tick unit value to 10. |
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Change the Number of minor ticks value to 1. |
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Click OK. |
The latitude axis updates, as shown in Figure 10.4.
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Figure 10.4: A Scatter Plot with Custom Tick Marks
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