1. a lesson approach © 2011 The McGraw-Hill Companies, Inc. All rights reserved. a lesson approach Microsoft® Excel 2010 © 2011 The McGraw-Hill Companies, Inc. All rights reserved.

2. a lesson approach © 2011 The McGraw-Hill Companies, Inc. All rights reserved. 2 Use the Chart Tools Design tab. 1 Use the Chart Tools Layout and Format tabs. 2 Create chart sheets and chart objects. 3 Edit the data source. 4 Format data series with images, gradients, and textures. 5 Create combination charts. 6 Insert sparklines. 7

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4. a lesson approach © 2011 The McGraw-Hill Companies, Inc. All rights reserved. A chart is a visual representation of worksheet values.

5. a lesson approach © 2011 The McGraw-Hill Companies, Inc. All rights reserved.  A selected chart is surrounded by a rounded-corner frame.  Selection handles appear as three or four dots arranged in a line or triangle shape on the frame border.  The source data for the chart is outlined in the worksheet when the chart is selected.

6. a lesson approach © 2011 The McGraw-Hill Companies, Inc. All rights reserved. Selected chart Plotted data Selection pane

7. a lesson approach © 2011 The McGraw-Hill Companies, Inc. All rights reserved. Chart layout determines what objects are included in the chart.

8. a lesson approach © 2011 The McGraw-Hill Companies, Inc. All rights reserved. Chart style sets the color and effects.

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10. a lesson approach © 2011 The McGraw-Hill Companies, Inc. All rights reserved. Shape styles include preset outline, fill, and effects for the selected chart object. Selected object

11. a lesson approach © 2011 The McGraw-Hill Companies, Inc. All rights reserved. When a chart object is selected, you can open its Format dialog box. Vertical axis is selected

12. a lesson approach © 2011 The McGraw-Hill Companies, Inc. All rights reserved. Chart objects can have fill, including gradients.

13. a lesson approach © 2011 The McGraw-Hill Companies, Inc. All rights reserved. In addition to the Chart Tools command tabs, you can use the Mini toolbar to format text within a chart object.

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15. a lesson approach © 2011 The McGraw-Hill Companies, Inc. All rights reserved.  Will a chart aid in analysis of the data?  What data should be used to build a meaningful chart?  What type of chart is best for that data? When deciding whether to use a chart for your data, consider these questions:

16. a lesson approach © 2011 The McGraw-Hill Companies, Inc. All rights reserved. A chart sheet is a chart that is located on its own sheet in the workbook. A chart object appears on the same worksheet as the data. It may be called an embedded chart.

17. a lesson approach © 2011 The McGraw-Hill Companies, Inc. All rights reserved. Column charts show how values change over a period of time or make comparisons among items. They can be prepared with 3-D effects or stacked columns. Categories are on the horizontal axis (x), and values are on the vertical axis (y).

18. a lesson approach © 2011 The McGraw-Hill Companies, Inc. All rights reserved. Line charts show trends in data over a period of time. They emphasize the rate of change. Lines can be stacked and can show markers, a symbol that indicates a single value. 3-D effects are available.

19. a lesson approach © 2011 The McGraw-Hill Companies, Inc. All rights reserved. Pie charts show one data series and compare the sizes of each part of a whole. Pie charts should have seven or fewer data points (slices) to be easy to interpret. A pie chart can use 3-D effects and can show exploded slices.

20. a lesson approach © 2011 The McGraw-Hill Companies, Inc. All rights reserved. Bar charts illustrate comparisons among items or show individual figures at a specific time. Categories are on the vertical axis (y). Values are on the horizontal axis (x). The shape can also be a cone, a cylinder, or a pyramid.

21. a lesson approach © 2011 The McGraw-Hill Companies, Inc. All rights reserved. Area charts look like colored-in line charts. They show the rate of change and emphasize the magnitude of the change. 3-D effects are available.

22. a lesson approach © 2011 The McGraw-Hill Companies, Inc. All rights reserved. Scatter charts show relationships between two values, such as money spent on additional advertising and increased sales dollars. Scatter charts do not have a category; both axes show numbers/values.

23. a lesson approach © 2011 The McGraw-Hill Companies, Inc. All rights reserved.  Stock charts are often called “high-low- close charts.” They use three series of data in high, low, close order.  Surface charts illustrate optimum combinations of two sets of data. They show two or more series on a surface.  Doughnut charts compare the sizes of parts and show the relative proportion of the whole. A doughnut chart can show multiple data series in concentric rings.

24. a lesson approach © 2011 The McGraw-Hill Companies, Inc. All rights reserved.  Bubble charts compare sets of three values. They are like scatter charts with the third value displayed as the size of the bubble.  Radar charts show the frequency of data relative to a center point and to other data points. There is a separate axis for each category, and each axis extends from the center. Lines connect the values in a series.

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26. a lesson approach © 2011 The McGraw-Hill Companies, Inc. All rights reserved. The data source for a chart are the worksheet rows and columns used to build the chart. Changes made to values or labels within the original data source range are automatically reflected in the chart.

27. a lesson approach © 2011 The McGraw-Hill Companies, Inc. All rights reserved. A data point is one value (with its label) in the data series. The Exhibition Sales label and slice will be added to the pie chart.

28. a lesson approach © 2011 The McGraw-Hill Companies, Inc. All rights reserved. By keying another column of values, you can add a second data series to a chart. A second set of columns will be added to this chart for the Kallie frames.

29. a lesson approach © 2011 The McGraw-Hill Companies, Inc. All rights reserved. If the chart is on a separate sheet, add another column by using the Select Data Source dialog box.

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31. a lesson approach © 2011 The McGraw-Hill Companies, Inc. All rights reserved. You can use an image, a gradient, or a texture for the fill of a chart shape (the bar, the column, the pie slice). When using these types of fills, it is best to use a 2-D chart style.

32. a lesson approach © 2011 The McGraw-Hill Companies, Inc. All rights reserved. The image can be stretched, scaled, or both to fit the shape.

33. a lesson approach © 2011 The McGraw-Hill Companies, Inc. All rights reserved. A gradient is a blend of colors. There are preset gradients, and you can build your own.

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36. a lesson approach © 2011 The McGraw-Hill Companies, Inc. All rights reserved. A combination chart with two chart types

37. a lesson approach © 2011 The McGraw-Hill Companies, Inc. All rights reserved. A combination chart with two chart types and a secondary axis

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39. a lesson approach © 2011 The McGraw-Hill Companies, Inc. All rights reserved. A sparkline is a mini-chart in its own cell next to the data. Sparklines are objects and can be formatted from the Sparkline Tools Design tab.

40. a lesson approach © 2011 The McGraw-Hill Companies, Inc. All rights reserved.  Charts may be objects in a worksheet, or they may be separate chart sheets.  A chart is linked to the data that it plots. When that data is edited, the chart reflects the changes.  A chart includes many individual elements that can be formatted and edited.

41. a lesson approach © 2011 The McGraw-Hill Companies, Inc. All rights reserved.  There are three Charts Tools command tabs: Design, Layout, and Format.  The Selection and Visibility pane aids in selecting and layering objects, such as charts, in a worksheet.  The chart layout specifies where various elements are positioned. The layout can be changed at any time.

42. a lesson approach © 2011 The McGraw-Hill Companies, Inc. All rights reserved.  Move a chart object by selecting it and dragging it. Size a chart object by dragging one of its selection handles.  After a chart is created, you can add or delete data points and/or an entire data series.  There are various labels that can be placed on a chart including a title, data labels, axes labels, a legend, or a data table.

43. a lesson approach © 2011 The McGraw-Hill Companies, Inc. All rights reserved.  Although charts typically use solid color for columns, slices, and bars, you can use images, textures, or gradients to add visual appeal to your charts.  There are preset gradients with multiple color stops. You can edit them or create your own gradients by adding and removing color stops.

44. a lesson approach © 2011 The McGraw-Hill Companies, Inc. All rights reserved.  Combination charts have at least two series and use different chart types for each series.  Some combination charts use a secondary axis, because the values for data being plotted are disproportionate.  Sparklines are charts within cells. They can use lines or columns to graph a data range on the worksheet.