Making Changes to the Axes
Axes can play a big role in relaying your data. To make changes to an axis and better communicate said data, tap the axis and press the Info button on the toolbar. (If you’re having trouble tapping the axis, unpinch to zoom in before selecting.) The Axis Style popover appears with the following options:
1 — If you’d like to change the positioning of your axis, tap an axis position buttons to display the axis: at the left or bottom, at the origin (if visible), on both ends of the graph, or not at all. Note: If both axes have their lowest values set to zero, the left/bottom and origin button might appear to accomplish the same thing. However if you introduce negative values, for example, the left/bottom option keeps the axes near their respective edges and the origin option moves the axes to wherever the one might find (0,0). If you’d like to see some quadrants, try using the origin button and defining some negative values on your axes.
2 — Tap the arrow buttons to display an arrowhead on their respective end of the axis.
3 — Tap the tickmark button between the arrows to show or hide ticks. If you opt to show grid lines in the Canvas info popover, they are drawn where the ticks appear, however, they won’t go away if the ticks are hidden.
4 — Tap the tick label button (the one with the numbers on it) to show or hide the tick labels.
5 — Tap the buttons to the left and right of the cell to change the axis thickness. The button on the left decreases the thickness and the button on the right increases the thickness. Tap the cell in the center to type in a thickness.
6 — To change the axis’s color, select a chit from the displayed palette or tap the rainbow chit on the right to see more color options.
7 — Tap the axis label font family cell to view the list of font families and change the axis label’s font. Choose a recommended font to ensure readability and commonality or scroll to see the full list.
8 — After choosing a font family, tap the axis label typeface cell to choose a typeface and make your text appear bold or in italics, for example.
9 — Use the buttons to the left and right of the cell to change the axis label font size. The button on the left decreases the size and the button on the right increases the size. Tap the cell in the center to type in a size.
10 — Use the tick label distance button to increase or decrease the distance between tick labels and the axis.