1. CS&E 1111 Excharts Microsoft Excel Charts Objectives: l Using the Excel chart features l Selecting an Appropriate chart type l Creating a Chart l Editing a Chart

2. CS&E 1111 Excharts Charts l Why are charts useful? l Visual presentation of differences, similarities, general trends in data l Easier to view and interpret at a glance l Chart layout - terminology l Types of charts l Deciding which type of chart is appropriate for the problem at hand

3. CS&E 1111 Excharts Chart Title Y Axis Category-Axis Title Legend Plot Area X Axis Chart Layout & Termonology

4. CS&E 1111 Excharts Not all types of charts are appropriate for all data presentation needs Line/Area Charts show changes or trends Scatter Charts (XY) show a functional relationship Bar/Column Charts show discreet values Pie Charts show parts of a whole Selecting an Appropriate Chart Type

5. CS&E 1111 Excharts A line chart shows a trend with each point plotted at equal intervals Notice how the distance on the x axis from 8-9am is the same as from 9-11am

6. CS&E 1111 Excharts An Scatter (XY) chart plots two sets of data at scaled intervals showing a functional relationship Notice how the data points are not distributed evenly but along a scaled x axis of interest rate

7. CS&E 1111 Excharts Bar/Column Charts show and compare discrete objects

8. CS&E 1111 Excharts Pie Charts display parts that make up a whole

9. CS&E 1111 Excharts Creating a Chart - Walkthrough: l Select data range l continuous and contiguous data l Click on Insert Ribbon and choose chart type l Select chart headings, axis, labels etc from Layout Ribbon l Modify chart formatting from the Format Ribbon

10. CS&E 1111 Excharts Editing a Chart: Walkthrough Double click on the chart to select it - use context sensitive ribbons to select features Design Ribbon Layout Ribbon Format Ribbon