g. We usually want the y-axis to go to zero when presenting data. To do this,
right click on your y-axis and select “Format Axis”. Select “Axis
Options”>“Minimum”>“Fixed” and then enter a “0”. Click “Close”.
h. Now you will see the basic graph (image not shown). Next, you can fix the
labeling.
2. Label the graph
a. First, let’s fix the series 1 name and the names of the components of the
series.
b. Click on the graph to bring up the Chart Tools tab. Select Design>Select
Data>Series 1>Edit (on the Legend Entries side of the box). Then type in
“Before” for the series name and click “OK”.
c. Click on the graph to bring up the Chart Tools tab. Select Design>Select
Data>Series 1>Edit (on the Horizontal Axes Legend side of the box). Then
type in “Epinephrine,Nicotine”, with the labels separated by a comma and no
space after the comma (otherwise your label will be moved over a space
when placed on your axis). Click “OK”, then click “OK” again. Now your graph
has the data labeled correctly and you need only to add labels to your axes.
d. To label the x-axis, click on the graph to bring up the Chart Tools tab. Select
Layout >Axis Titles >Primary Horizontal Axis>Title Below Axis. Now a
title will appear at the x-axis on your graph; click in the text box and type your
title (e.g. Drug Treatment ). Do the same for the y-axis, except choose
“Primary Vertical Axis”>“Rotated Title” to orient the text as shown below (be
sure to include units of measure in parentheses) .