© 2004 by the McGraw-Hill Companies, Inc. All rights reserved. Creating Charts Lecture 19

© 2004 by the McGraw-Hill Companies, Inc. All rights reserved. Objectives Create a certain type of chart Customize an existing chart by changing chart type, data series, appearance and location Modify an existing chart by revising data Add / delete a data series in a chart Format a chart using colors, patterns, … Create a pie-chart with an exploding slice Format a 3-D chart Save a chart sheet as a single file Web page

© 2004 by the McGraw-Hill Companies, Inc. All rights reserved. Data Series and Categories A data series: – A set of values to be charted – A chart can have up to 32,000 values or data points Data categories are used to: –Organize values in a data series –The labels under which the values are stored

© 2004 by the McGraw-Hill Companies, Inc. All rights reserved. Choosing a Chart Type and Format Excel chart types and their uses

© 2004 by the McGraw-Hill Companies, Inc. All rights reserved. Chart Elements Anatomy of an Excel column chart Plot area X-axis Y-Axis Chart Title Y-axis title Shortboard data series data marker Gridline Legend X-axis (category) labels Tick mark X-axis title Chart area

© 2004 by the McGraw-Hill Companies, Inc. All rights reserved. Developing and Planning a Chart Sketch of two surfboard sales charts

© 2004 by the McGraw-Hill Companies, Inc. All rights reserved. Two-step process: – Select the cells you want to chart including any text cells containing row or column headings –Select a chart type from the chart gallery in the Charts group on the Insert tab An embedded chart will be created accordingly in the worksheet Creating a Chart

© 2004 by the McGraw-Hill Companies, Inc. All rights reserved. Customize the Chart Four main issues: – Change the Chart Type – Switch row and column of the chart data Change the data series between rows and columns –Configure the appearance of the chart Titles, legend, data labels, etc. –Change the location of the chart Embedded charts, a chart in the same worksheet as the data series Chart sheet, a dedicated worksheet only for the chart

© 2004 by the McGraw-Hill Companies, Inc. All rights reserved. Change the Chart Type Use the Change Chart Type button in the Type group on the Design tab of Chart Tools Select a new type in the Change Chart Type dialog box

© 2004 by the McGraw-Hill Companies, Inc. All rights reserved. Change Data Series Use the Switch Row/Column button in the Data group on the Design tab of Chart Tools –You can switch data series between rows and columns of the source data

© 2004 by the McGraw-Hill Companies, Inc. All rights reserved. Configure Chart Appearance Use the Labels group on the Layout tab of Chart Tools –Configure the chart title, axis titles, legend, etc. –Once a title is inserted, title text can be edited by clicking on the title Use the Axes group on the Layout tab of Chart Tools –Configure axes and gridlines

© 2004 by the McGraw-Hill Companies, Inc. All rights reserved. Change Chart Location Use the Move Chart button in the Location group on the Design tab of Chart Tools In the Move Chart dialog box, you can choose the chart location between embedded chart and chart sheet

© 2004 by the McGraw-Hill Companies, Inc. All rights reserved. Moving and Resizing an Embedded Chart The chart is a graphical object It can be moved by dragging its border Its size can be changed using its resizing handles

© 2004 by the McGraw-Hill Companies, Inc. All rights reserved. Deleting Charts To delete an embedded chart: –Select the embedded chart by clicking on it and then press the Delete key

© 2004 by the McGraw-Hill Companies, Inc. All rights reserved. Updating a Chart Revised sales data and chart The change of values in the worksheet can be reflected in the chart immediately These columns are shorter than before the data changes Top Y-axis value adjusts to the new largest value

© 2004 by the McGraw-Hill Companies, Inc. All rights reserved. Modifying a Chart Data series can be: –Added Click on the Select Data button in the Data group on the Design tab of Chart Tools Select the new data range including the new data series and its label and then press –Deleted Click on the corresponding data marker in the chart and press –Hidden Removing the data series from the chart is temporary. The data series reappears when the corresponding worksheet data row or column is unhidden

© 2004 by the McGraw-Hill Companies, Inc. All rights reserved. Adding Chart Data Series New worksheet data New data series

© 2004 by the McGraw-Hill Companies, Inc. All rights reserved. Formatting Chart Click on the part of the chart you want to format –Basically, you can click on any component in the chart –However, if you want to select a single data point (such as a column or a slice), you need to click on it twice, since the first click selects the whole data series of the data point Then click on the Format Selection button in the Current Selection group on the Layout tab of Chart Tools, or Right-click on the chart part and select Format in the shortcut menu

© 2004 by the McGraw-Hill Companies, Inc. All rights reserved. Various Fill Effects In Format dialog box, choose Fill –There are a number of fill effects, such as various textures

© 2004 by the McGraw-Hill Companies, Inc. All rights reserved. Labeling Data Data label is the value or name assigned to an individual data point Data label is optional Data label can be added to: –All data series in a chart –A single data series –A data marker Use the Data Labels button in the Labels group on the Layout tab of Chart Tools, or Right-click on the data series or data point and format using the shortcut menu

© 2004 by the McGraw-Hill Companies, Inc. All rights reserved. Creating a Chart in a Chart Sheet Chart sheets –Like embedded charts – formatting operations are the same –Move the chart to a chart sheet after it is created using the Move Chart button in the Location group on the Layout tab of Chart Tools

© 2004 by the McGraw-Hill Companies, Inc. All rights reserved. Creating a Three-Dimensional Pie Chart

© 2004 by the McGraw-Hill Companies, Inc. All rights reserved. Select a slice (data point) by clicking on it twice Exploding a pie slice by dragging it out Exploding a Pie Chart Slice Exploded pie slice Selection handles

© 2004 by the McGraw-Hill Companies, Inc. All rights reserved. Rotating & Elevating a 3-Dimensional Chart Only 3-D charts have such formatting options Use the 3-D Rotation button in the Background group on the Layout tab of Chart Tools

© 2004 by the McGraw-Hill Companies, Inc. All rights reserved. Save a Chart Sheet as a Single File Web Page Click to create a chart sheet Web page Web page title appears here after you type it Click to open the Set Title dialog box Use Office button → Save As in the menu bar In the Save As dialog box, select Single File Web Page in the Save as type list