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MODULE 6

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Microsoft Excel 2013

Creating an Excel Workbook

Working with Formulas and Functions

Formatting Cells

Working with Charts© Paradigm Publishing, Inc.

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Working with Charts

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Working with Charts

© Paradigm Publishing, Inc.

A pie chart is a circular chart that is divided into parts– each part represents a piece of the whole pie, or a

percentage of the total

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Working with Charts…continued


A bar chart has horizontal bars

A column chart has vertical bars

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Line charts illustrate changes, or trends, over time

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Chart Parts

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Chart Parts…continued

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Skills You Learn

1. Create a line chart

2. Modify chart data

3. Create a column chart

4. Add and edit chart labels

5. Create a pie chart

6. Modify a pie chart


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Skill 1 Steps: Create a Line Chart

1. Click the Insert Line Chart button in the Charts group on the INSERT tab

2. Click the Line chart option (the first option in the 2-D Line section)

3. Move the mouse pointer over the chart so the mouse pointer changes to a four-headed arrow and drag the chart to move it

4. Position the mouse pointer over the lower-right corner of the chart border and drag down and to the right to increase the size of the chart


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Skill 1 Visual: Create a Line Chart


Click the Insert Line Chart button in the Charts group on the INSERT tab.

The legend tells you, by color, which line belongs to which fiscal year in the data set.


Moving the Chart Location By default, a chart is placed in the existing

worksheet To move the chart to a new worksheet:

1. select the chart to make the CHART TOOLS DESIGN tab active

2. click the Move Chart button in the Location group and then select the New sheet option in the Move Chart dialog box

3. click OK to move the chart to a new worksheet named Chart1

CHECKPOINT QUESTION


Which chart type would best compare the attendance at an annual meeting for the past four years?

a. columnb. linec. pied. bar

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Skill 2 Steps: Modify Chart Data

1. Drag the lower-right selection handle for the blue selection box up to change the range

2. Notice that the chart updates automatically

3. Right-click a row heading

4. Click Insert to insert a new row

5. Type the data for that category of the chart, pressing the Right Arrow key after each entry

6. Notice that the chart updates automatically


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Skill 2 Visual: Modify Chart Data


Drag the lower-right selection handle for the blue selection box up until you have changed the range.


Editing Chart Data To edit the data and labels in a chart:

1. select the chart

2. click the Select Data button in the Data group on the CHART TOOLS DESIGN tab to open a dialog box that shows the current axis labels and legend entries

3. click the Edit button

4. select the correct cells in the worksheet to change the labels or the information in the legend

CHECKPOINT QUESTION


When data is modified, the chart automatically updates because it is

to the worksheet data.

a. mergedb. pastedc. copiedd. linked

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Skill 3 Steps: Create a Column Chart

1. Click the Insert Column Chart button in the Charts group on the INSERT tab

2. Click the Clustered Column chart option (the first option in the 2-D Column section)




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Skill 3 Visual: Create a Column Chart


Click the Insert Column Chart button in the Charts group on the INSERT tab.


Changing the Chart Type To change a column chart into a bar chart:

1. select the chart and click the CHART TOOLS DESIGN tab

2. click the Change Chart Type button in the Type group and then click Bar in the left pane

3. select a bar chart option in the right pane and then click OK

CHECKPOINT QUESTION


Which chart type would best show the average monthly rainfall for a year?

a. barb. columnc. lined. pie

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Skill 4 Steps: Add and Edit Chart Labels

1. Click the Chart Title placeholder

2. Triple-click the Chart Title placeholder text

3. Type the desired title of the chart

4. Click the Add Chart Element button in the Chart Layouts group on the CHART TOOLS DESIGN tab

5. Click Data Labels in the drop-down list

6. Click an option


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Skill 4 Visual: Add and Edit Chart Labels


Click the Add Chart Element button in the Chart Layouts group on the CHART TOOLS DESIGN tab, click an option such as Data Labels, and then click an option.

CHECKPOINT QUESTION


A descriptive heading for a chart is a chart

a. layout.b. label.c. legend.d. title.

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Skill 5 Steps: Create a Pie Chart

1. In the Charts group on the INSERT tab, click the Insert Pie or Doughnut Chart button

2. Click the Pie chart option (the first option in the 2-D Pie section)




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Skill 5 Visual: Create a Pie Chart


Click the Insert Pie or Doughnut Chart button in the Charts group on the INSERT tab.


Using Quick Analysis When you select a range of cells, the Quick

Analysis button is displayed to the right of it You can use this button to create a chart from

the selected range as follows:1. click the Quick Analysis button

2. click CHARTS

3. click a chart type button to apply the type to your chart

CHECKPOINT QUESTION


Which chart type would best show how much of a company’s total salary budget was spent on each department in the company?

a. pieb. columnc. lined. bar

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Step 6 Steps: Modify a Pie Chart

Rotate a Chart and Explode a Slice

1. Double-click the largest slice to open the Format Data Series pane

2. Drag the Angle of first slice slider

3. Click the Close button to close the Format Data Series pane

4. Drag a pie slice up and away from the rest of the pie and then click a blank area of the chart to deselect the pie piece


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Step 6 Steps…continued

Add Data Labels

1. Click the Add Chart Element button in the Chart Layouts group on the CHART TOOLS DESIGN tab

2. Click Data Labels in the drop-down list

3. Click More Data Label Options and then click the desired options

4. In the Format Data Labels pane, click the LABEL OPTIONS button arrow

5. Click Legend, click the Left option in the Legend Position section, and then click the Close button


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Step 6 Visual: Modify a Pie Chart


In the Format Data Labels pane, click the LABEL OPTIONS button arrow.

Drag a pie slice up and away from the rest of the pie.


Changing Pie Chart Themes and Styles If you apply a different theme to the file, using

the Theme button on the PAGE LAYOUT tab, the colors in the chart update automatically

Another way to modify the chart colors is to apply a chart style as follows:– click a thumbnail from the gallery in the Chart Styles

group on the CHART TOOLS DESIGN tab

or– click the Style and Color button next to the selected

chart, click Style, and then click a different chart style


Changing the Chart Legend The chart legend tells you which piece of data

each colored slice or line represents By default, Excel places the legend at the right

side of the chart To change the position of the legend:

1. click the Add Chart Element button in the CHART TOOLS DESIGN tab

2. click Legend in the drop-down list

3. click the desired position in the list of options OR click None to remove the legend


Using Quick Layout You can quickly change the overall layout of a

chart by following these steps:1. click the Quick Layout button in the Chart Layouts

group on the FORMAT TOOLS DESIGN tab to display a gallery of chart layouts

2. click an option from the gallery

CHECKPOINT QUESTION


To explode a pie slice,

a. select it and then drag it away from the other slices.

b. double-click it.c. rotate it 220 degrees.d. add data labels.

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Tasks Summary: 1 of 2


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Tasks Summary: 2 of 2


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Education

chart updates

chart location

chart border

circular chart

chart partscontinued

chart data paradigm

line chart paradigm

pie chart paradigm publishing