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How to create a basic chart in Excel 2010

3. How to create a basic chart in Excel 2010
Course contents
Overview: Transform spreadsheet data
Lesson: Includes seven instructional movies
Suggested practice tasks
Test
Quick Reference Card
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5. How to create a basic chart in Excel 2010
Course goals
Create a chart.
Make changes to a chart after you create it.
Understand basic chart terminology.
How to create a basic chart in Excel 2010

6. Introduction to charts
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7. How spreadsheet data appears in a chart
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8. How to create a basic chart in Excel 2010
Change the chart view
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9. How to create a basic chart in Excel 2010
Add chart titles
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10. Change the look of your chart
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11. How to create a basic chart in Excel 2010
Make a pie chart
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12. How to create a basic chart in Excel 2010
More chart types
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13. Suggestions for practice
Create a chart.
Look at chart data another way; update chart data.
Add titles; change chart layouts.
Change the chart type; change the look of the chart.
Format the chart title.
Format a column; format other areas of the chart.
Make a pie chart.
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Online practice (requires Excel 2010)
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14. How to create a basic chart in Excel 2010
Test question 1
You create a chart. But later on you don’t see the Chart Tools. What do you do to get them back?
Create another chart.
Click the Insert tab.
Click inside the chart.
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15. How to create a basic chart in Excel 2010
Test question 1
You create a chart. But later on you don’t see the Chart Tools. What do you do to get them back?
Answer:
Click inside the chart.
Then the Chart Tools will be at hand with three tabs: Design, Layout, and Format.
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16. How to create a basic chart in Excel 2010
Test question 2
You can’t change the chart type after you create a chart. (Pick one answer.)
True.
False.
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17. How to create a basic chart in Excel 2010
Test question 2
You can’t change the chart type after you create a chart.
Answer:
False.
You can always change the chart type after you create your chart. Click inside the chart. On the Design tab, in the Type group, click Change Chart Type, and select another chart type.
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18. How to create a basic chart in Excel 2010
Test question 3
You’ve created a chart. Now you need to compare data another way. To do this, create a second chart. (Pick one answer.)
True.
False.
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19. How to create a basic chart in Excel 2010
Test question 3
You’ve created a chart. Now you need to compare data another way. To do this, create a second chart.
Answer:
False.
You can quickly create another view of your spreadsheet data by clicking the Switch Row/Column button in the Data group on the Design tab.
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20. How to create a basic chart in Excel 2010
Test question 4
What must you do to refresh a chart when you revise the spreadsheet data that the chart displays? (Pick one answer.)
Press SHIFT+CTRL.
Nothing.
Press F6.
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21. How to create a basic chart in Excel 2010
Test question 4
What must you do to refresh a chart when you revise the spreadsheet data that the chart displays?
Answer:
Nothing.
When you revise a value in the spreadsheet, the chart is automatically refreshed. Just sit back and relax.
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22. How to create a basic chart in Excel 2010
Test question 5
Other than the pie shape, there’s no difference between a column and a pie shape. (Pick one answer.)
True.
False.
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23. How to create a basic chart in Excel 2010
Test question 5
Other than the pie shape, there’s no difference between a column and a pie shape.
Answer:
False.
A pie chart can show only one set of values.
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24. How to create a basic chart in Excel 2010
Quick Reference Card
For a summary of the tasks covered in this course, view the Quick Reference Card.
How to create a basic chart in Excel 2010

25. Using this template
Using This Template
This Microsoft PowerPoint® template has training content that provides an introduction to working with charts in Microsoft Excel® Its content is adapted from the Office.com Training course called “How to create a basic chart in Excel 2010.”
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