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Tri Chapter Workshop Advanced Charts Excel IAAP Feb 2013

This document provides information about creating and formatting charts in Excel 2010. It discusses different chart types including bar charts, line charts, scatter charts, and pie charts. It describes how to select data, insert charts, and position charts on worksheets or separate sheets. The document reviews how to format chart elements using the Chart Tools tabs and contextual tabs. It also discusses embedding versus linking charts when pasting into PowerPoint presentations.

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Tri Chapter Workshop Advanced Charts Excel IAAP Feb 2013

This document provides information about creating and formatting charts in Excel 2010. It discusses different chart types including bar charts, line charts, scatter charts, and pie charts. It describes how to select data, insert charts, and position charts on worksheets or separate sheets. The document reviews how to format chart elements using the Chart Tools tabs and contextual tabs. It also discusses embedding versus linking charts when pasting into PowerPoint presentations.

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IAAP 2013 Tri-Chapter Workshop

Chart Types
Create a Chart
Format a Chart

Advanced Tips- Excel 2010 Charts...


Presented by Terri Lorenz

Excel Charts meet pop culture...

Advanced Tips- Excel 2010 Charts...

Notes from previous slide:


Its great when someone gets excited about pie charts and bar graphs.
Especially when its in a popular TV show. References like these help make it
easier to learn difficult or dry topics.
When you watched the video, did you notice how bored his friends were?
In a social setting, using charts to make your point is probably not such a
good idea. However, imagine if he was presenting his info in a business
setting. His clever & simple use of graphics to explain data (using charts)
would make an impression on his audience. Folks walking away from his
presentation, or viewing his workbooks that contain those charts would be
more likely to remember his point.

Advanced Tips- Excel 2010 Charts...

Chart Types Bar Charts


Bar charts are one of the most common types of charts used to display
data. Sometimes known as "column charts", they are most often used
to show amounts or the number of times a value occurs. Bar charts
make it easy to see the differences in the data being compared.

Advanced Tips- Excel 2010 Charts...

Chart Types Bar Charts

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Chart Types Line Charts


Line charts can display continuous data over time, set against a
common scale, and are used to show trends in data at equal
intervals. Category data is distributed evenly along the
horizontal axis. Use a line chart if your category labels are text
and represent evenly spaced values such as days, months,
quarters, or years. Dont use totals in line charts.

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Chart Types Scatter Charts


Scatter charts are used to show trends in data. They are especially useful when
you have a large number of data points. Unlike line charts, they dont connect the
dots or points of data to show every change. Instead, the points of data are
plotted and a best fit or trend line is drawn to show how the points of data
correlate. If the line increases from left to right, the scatter plot shows a positive
correlation in the data. If the line decreases from left to right, there is a negative
correlation in the data.

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Chart Types Pie Charts


Pie charts can only be used to show percentages. The circle of pie charts
represents 100%. The circle is subdivided into slices representing data values. The
size of each slice shows what part of the 100% it represents.

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Creating a Chart Selecting Data


Select data range, include column & row titles

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Creating a Chart Insert & Position Chart


After selecting the data, use keystroke shortcut alt +F1 or navigate to the Insert Tab
on the ribbon, choose the appropriate chart type from the Chart group. This will
insert the chart onto the same sheet as your source data. You can move & resize your
chart by clicking in the chart area. When you get the four-headed cursor, you can
move the entire chart elsewhere on the sheet. To resize, you can pull at the corners
and the sides of the Chart.

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Creating a Chart Insert Chart on Separate


Sheet
To create a chart on its own sheet, select the data range, then use
keystroke shortcut F11.

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Formatting a Chart Contextual Tabs


Dont forget you must have the chart selected in order to see the
Chart Tools tabs. If youre using the Layout or Format tabs, a
quick check of the Current Selection dropdown is a good way to
confirm that you are working on the correct Chart Element.

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Formatting a Chart Chart Elements

To format chart elements, click on the element to select it and use the
appropriate options from the Chart Tools tabs. Or, once youve
selected the elements, right click to get the formatting menu for that
element. To format only one series of an element, click the element
twice (see the blue bar for Justin in the Bar chart below if you want
to change the format of only that bar, click it twice).
See next slide for diagram of chart elements.

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Formatting a Chart Chart Elements

Advanced Tips- Excel 2010 Charts...

Formatting a Chart Chart Elements

Advanced Tips- Excel 2010 Charts...

Formatting a Chart Chart Elements

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Extra Embedding vs. Linking Charts in


PowerPoint
Charts are a great way to get spreadsheet data into a PowerPoint presentation.
Simply select your chart, right click or ctrl + c to copy, then navigate to your
PowerPoint and right click to paste. Note when pasting: you should create a chart
from a table on your source spreadsheet and paste the chart as a link into your
PowerPoint if you want to automatically update the chart when data is changed
on the source spreadsheet; you should embed if your intent is to capture a
specific moment in time, and dont want the chart to change when the data
changes. You can also paste the chart as a picture!

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Excel meets presentation skills...


Some EXTREMELY funny stuff from Don McMillan www.technicallyfunny.com.
Click the image below to launch his YouTube on Life After Death by PowerPoint.
The Chart stuff starts at about 6:25 into the video. ENJOY!

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