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Excel Lesson 10 Using Advanced Chart Features. Microsoft Office 2010 Advanced. Cable / Morrison. Objectives. Switch rows and columns in charts. Add a data table to a chart. Add data labels to data markers. Create sparklines. 2. 2. Objectives (continued). Design combination charts. - PowerPoint PPT Presentation
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Excel Lesson 10Using Advanced Chart Features
Microsoft Office 2010 Advanced
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Objectives
Switch rows and columns in charts. Add a data table to a chart. Add data labels to data markers. Create sparklines.
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Objectives (continued)
Design combination charts. Construct a gauge chart. Create a chart template. Apply a chart template.
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Vocabulary
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chart floor chart template combination chart data labels data markers data point
data series data table gauge chart horizontal gridlines primary axis secondary axis
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Vocabulary (continued)
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sparklines vertical gridlines x-axis y-axis
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Introduction
Charts are a great solution for presenting data in Excel graphically.– Simple to make and format– Can quickly change one type of chart to another
Excel has many chart formatting features.
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Understanding How Charts Are Created
Charts are created from data in a worksheet.– Data is typically arranged in columns and rows
7Worksheet with columns and rows of data
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Understanding How Charts Are Created (continued)
The type of chart determines how the data in the rows and columns will appear in the chart.
8Line chart created from worksheet data
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Switching Rows and Columns in Charts
You can switch the order of how chart data is displayed in a chart.– Use Switch
Row/Column button on the Design tab
9Chart with rows and columns switched
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Adding a Data Table
A data table displays the data used to create a chart.– Appears below the chart– Lets you quickly view the worksheet data while
looking at the chart data series A legend is a list that shows the colors and
symbols used in a chart.– Can appear as part of the data table or separately
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Adding a Data Table (continued)
Chart with data table and legend
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Adding Data Labels to Data Series
A data label can appear as numbers or text next to each data marker in the data series.
The data markers represent where the actual data would be in the chart.
Each place where the line segments start or stop is a data point.– Can be displayed with a data marker
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Adding Data Labels to Data Series (continued)
Completed chart with data labels
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Creating Sparklines
A sparkline is a miniature chart that can be displayed in a single row or column of data.
14Types of sparklines
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Creating a Combination Chart
Combination chart: shows data on two y-axes– Primary axis: y-axis on the left side of chart– Secondary axis: y-axis on the right side of chart
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Creating a Combination Chart (continued)
Combination chart
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Creating Gauge Charts
A gauge chart shows the amount of progress accomplished toward a goal.
Horizontal gridlines are horizontal lines within the chart.
Vertical gridlines are vertical lines within the chart.
Chart floor is the foundation, or base, of a 3-D chart.
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Creating Gauge Charts (continued)
Gauge chart
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Creating Chart Templates
To create a chart template:– Create and format a chart as desired– Save the chart as a template
Chart templates are saved in the same default location as the preformatted chart templates.
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Applying a Chart Template
After creating a chart template, you can apply it to new charts that you create.
Applying a chart template to a chart will save time.– Will not need to change each chart feature
individually
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Summary
In this lesson, you learned: You can switch rows and columns of data in
a chart. A data table that shows the data used to
create a chart can be added to the chart. Data labels can be added to data markers in
a data series.
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Summary (continued)
A sparkline is a miniature chart that can be displayed in a single row or column of data.
You can design a combination chart that has two y-axes.
You can construct gauge charts that show progress towards a goal.
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Summary (continued)
A chart template can be created for a chart design that will be used repeatedly.
Chart templates can be applied to charts after they are created.
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