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 Objectives:  The student will: 1. Understand the different types of charts available 2. Know how to create a chart 3. Know how to get data into the chart PowerPoint: Tables and Charts

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A Picture Is Worth a Thousand Words  A chart is a way to represent numbers graphically, that is, as a picture. There are many different types of charts. Charts

Chart Types  Column:  A column chart shows data changes over a period of time or illustrates comparisons among items. Categories are organized horizontally, values vertically, to emphasize variation over time.

Chart Types  Bar  A bar chart illustrates comparisons among individual items. Categories are organized vertically, values horizontally, to focus on comparing values and to place less emphasis on time.

Chart Types  Line  A line chart shows trends in data at equal intervals.

Chart Types  Area  An area chart emphasizes the magnitude of change over time. By displaying the sum of the plotted values, an area chart also shows the relationship of parts to a whole.

Chart Types  Pie  A pie chart shows the proportional size of items that make up a data series to the sum of the items. It always shows only one data series and is useful when you want to emphasize a significant element.

Chart Types  Other types:  XY (scatter)  Bubble  Cone, Cylinder and Pyramid  Doughnut  Stock  Surface  Radar

Creating a Chart  There are 2 ways to create a chart: 1.From the Illustrations group on the Insert tab by clicking on 2.From the layouts

Creating a Chart  Clicking the Chart button or icon opens excel spreadsheet and a chart based on the datasheet.

Creating a Chart  You must remove the default data and enter your own data in the datasheet.  Once you have your own data entered, you can change the chart type and change the formatting, too.  Unfortunately you cannot select data in an existing PowerPoint table and use it to create a chart automatically. You can, however, Copy and Paste data into the datasheet.

Summary  There are many different kinds of charts  Choose the chart type that best reflects the message you want to convey  PowerPoint creates a dummy chart when you insert a new chart.  You need to change the data  You can copy and paste a table into the datasheet.

Rest of Today  Finish HW 5-11 (the table) – nicely format the table – Add your name and period in the footer section (Insert tab - Header and Footer). Add a title in table or on the slide. Print and turn in.  Start HW5-12 (a chart)  In a new PowerPoint file, create a chart  Copy the data from your table into the chart  Save this as Homework 5-12  Tomorrow  You will learn options for formatting the chart