1. © 2010 Pearson Education, Inc. | Publishing as Prentice Hall.1 Computer Literacy for IC 3 Unit 2: Using Productivity Software Chapter 8: Giving Meaning to Data Using Charts

2. Learning Targets 77.I can create a column chart 78.I can edit chart elements 79.I can create a pie chart 80.I can chart a trend with a line chart 81.I can format axis labels and add a trend line 82.I can document charts and worksheets © 2010 Pearson Education, Inc. | Publishing as Prentice Hall.2

3. Using a Pie Chart © 2010 Pearson Education, Inc. | Publishing as Prentice Hall.3 Pie charts represent a whole of a group Individual slices represent how each piece contributes to the whole Select data, click Insert Choose pie subtype Chart is embedded on in worksheet

4. Pie Chart versus 3-D Pie Chart Same data, same chart, different sub-type © 2010 Pearson Education, Inc. | Publishing as Prentice Hall. 4

5. Changing Chart Types © 2010 Pearson Education, Inc. | Publishing as Prentice Hall.5 Select the chart and click the Chart Tools Design tab Click the Change Chart Type button Choose chart type in the Change Chart Type dialog box. The changes will be automatically applied.

6. Edit Chart Elements to Format and Add Data Labels © 2010 Pearson Education, Inc. | Publishing as Prentice Hall.6 Select the chart and click the Chart Tools Layout tab Click Data Labels button Choose desired options in Format Data Labels dialog box. Click Close to apply. Data labels appear in chart

7. Predicting Trends with Line Charts © 2010 Pearson Education, Inc. | Publishing as Prentice Hall.7 To create a line chart: 1.Enter data 2.Format data 3.Select data 4.Determine intervals If the same interval exists between data use a line chart If different intervals exist between data use an X Y Scatter chart 5.Click the Insert tab 6.Click the Line 7.Specify Line Chart subtype 8.Chart is embedded in worksheet

8. Predicting with a Line Chart Line chart shows enrollment trends © 2010 Pearson Education, Inc. | Publishing as Prentice Hall.8

9. Changing Axis Labels Select chart and click the Select Data button from the Chart Tools, Design tab, Data group Click the Axis button you wish to specify the data source for in the Select Data Source dialog box Drag the range to add it to the Axis Labels dialog box. Click Ok Data labels for selected range appear in the chart © 2010 Pearson Education, Inc. | Publishing as Prentice Hall.9

10. Move a Chart Select the chart and click the Chart Tools Design tab. Click the Move button from the Location group. Specify where you want to move the chart © 2010 Pearson Education, Inc. | Publishing as Prentice Hall.10

11. Format Axis Labels Use the Format Axis dialog box to specify fill, line color, rotation, alignment and more of axis elements Click the Axis button on the Chart Tools Layout tab, Axes group © 2010 Pearson Education, Inc. | Publishing as Prentice Hall.11

12. Document a Chart You can document a chart by using both text boxes and callouts This is a callout Text boxes can be used for documentation © 2010 Pearson Education, Inc. | Publishing as Prentice Hall.12

13. Common Charting Errors © 2010 Pearson Education, Inc. | Publishing as Prentice Hall.13 Including different types of data in the same range Charting the labels as a data series Comparing data that have different units of measure using the same vertical axis units Charting intervals between time units on a line chart that are not equal Vertical axis does not start at zero

14. Summary Charting data in Excel allows for the visual representation of data Excel has many built-in chart types, including column, pie and line charts Documenting your chart is an important step in explaining the representation of your data Charts can be printed alone or with the data it was created from Charts can be displayed embedded on a worksheet or as the only item on a worksheet © 2010 Pearson Education, Inc. | Publishing as Prentice Hall.14

15. Questions? © 2010 Pearson Education, Inc. | Publishing as Prentice Hall.15