Ticks are horizontal (for the Y axis) and vertical (for the X axis) lines, which visually show the unit interval and the proportion of segments. Under the Ticks labels are displayed. The picture below shows a chart with ticks:

 

 

Ticks have the following properties:

Length is the length of ticks, under which Labels are placed;

Minor Count allows changing the number of intermediate lines (Minor ticks);

Minor Length is the length of the intermediate lines (Minor ticks);

Minor Visible is used to show/hide the intermediate lines (Minor ticks);

Step controls the step of the unit interval, distance between ticks;

Visible is used to show/hide Ticks, both basic and intermediate.