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Fourth Grade Microsoft Excel Graph Starting in Cell F7 (Remember how we talked about Columns and Rows and that each one of the boxes is called a cell) type the data below. Make Column F bigger by going between Columns F and G, click and drag it to the right to make the column larger. Once all your data is typed highlight it by clicking in F7 and dragging your mouse down to F13 and over to G7-13. It should look like this – Click on Insert on the task bar at the top of the screen Click on Column and choose the first one listed (Clustered Column) Click on Move Chart on the Design taskbar at the top of your screen. Choose the New Sheet option and rename the sheet from Chart 1 to Ice Cream Flavors. Click OK. Click on the Switch Row/Column on the Design taskbar at the top of your screen. Click on Chart Layouts on the Design taskbar at the top of your screen. Choose Layout Number 9. Click on the label Chart Title and name it – Fourth Grade’s Favorite Ice Cream Flavors. When typing the title it will appear in the Formula Bar at the top of your graph. Press Enter when you are finished typing the title and it will appear in the Chart Title place.

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Fourth Grade Microsoft Excel Graph

Starting in Cell F7 (Remember how we talked about Columns and Rows and that each one of the boxes is called a cell) type the data below. Make Column F bigger by going between Columns F and G, click and drag it to the right to make the column larger.

Once all your data is typed highlight it by clicking in F7 and dragging your mouse down to F13 and over to G7-13. It should look like this –

Click on Insert on the task bar at the top of the screen Click on Column and choose the first one listed (Clustered Column) Click on Move Chart on the Design taskbar at the top of your screen. Choose the New Sheet

option and rename the sheet from Chart 1 to Ice Cream Flavors. Click OK. Click on the Switch Row/Column on the Design taskbar at the top of your screen. Click on Chart Layouts on the Design taskbar at the top of your screen. Choose Layout

Number 9. Click on the label Chart Title and name it – Fourth Grade’s Favorite Ice Cream Flavors. When

typing the title it will appear in the Formula Bar at the top of your graph. Press Enter when you are finished typing the title and it will appear in the Chart Title place.

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Click on the side Axis Title and name it Fourth Grade Students. Click on the bottom Axis Title

and name it Favorite Ice Cream Flavors. Left Click once on the first bar, now right click it. Click on Format Data Series, click on Fill,

choose Gradient fill and choose from the Preset colors. Change the Type and Direction. Do not Exit out of the Format Data Series box.

Click on each of the bars and do the same with different Presets.

Move your mouse around your graph slowly and see the labels pop up telling you what each part of the graph is. Stop when you find the Chart Area. Right click the Chart Area and choose Format Chart Area. Choose Solid fill and choose a Color. Do not exit out of the Format Chart Area box. Click on the Plot Area of your graph. Choose no fill in the Format Plot Area box.

Formula Bar Chart Title