What You’ll Need 1.Your packet from yesterday 2.Your completed graph (on the graph paper on the last page of the packet) 3.A computer 4.Your brain 1.Your packet from yesterday 2.Your completed graph (on the graph paper on the last page of the packet) 3.A computer 4.Your brain

Our Goal: Use Excel to create a graph representing the number of US casualties during the Vietnam War

Excel Open Excel. The icon should look something like this:

Excel And when you open it, it looks like this:

Step 1 Add the data from the chart we used to Excel –Start with the Years –Don’t forget to write “year” at the top Add the data from the chart we used to Excel –Start with the Years –Don’t forget to write “year” at the top

Step 2 Now add the number of casualties each year –Don’t forget to label the data with “number of US casualties” Now add the number of casualties each year –Don’t forget to label the data with “number of US casualties”

Self-Check Does your screen look like this?      Yes? - Great, go on to step 3 No? – Ask your neighbor for help or raise your hand to wait for Mr. Cloward to help Does your screen look like this?      Yes? - Great, go on to step 3 No? – Ask your neighbor for help or raise your hand to wait for Mr. Cloward to help

Step 3 Now select the whole chart by clicking the corner box and then dragging your mouse to select the whole chart

Step 4 Click “Insert” on the menu bar at the top

Step 5 Click “Column”* and choose the first graph type

Self Check Does your screen look like this? Yes? Move on to step 6 No? Ask your neighbor for help or raise your hand Does your screen look like this? Yes? Move on to step 6 No? Ask your neighbor for help or raise your hand

Step 6 In the Chart Tools > Design menu, click on “Select Data”

Step 7 A window should pop up that looks like this: Click “Edit” under the Horizontal (Category) Axis Labels A window should pop up that looks like this: Click “Edit” under the Horizontal (Category) Axis Labels

Step 8 Click and drag to select the list of years (but do not select the heading, “year”) Then click “OK” Click and drag to select the list of years (but do not select the heading, “year”) Then click “OK”

Step 9 Now, click on “Year” under the “Legend Entries (Series)” list to select it

Step 10 If you have “Year” selected, click “Remove”

Step 11 Click “OK”

Self-Check Does your screen look like this? Yes? Keep going! No? Ask your neighbor or raise your hand Does your screen look like this? Yes? Keep going! No? Ask your neighbor or raise your hand