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L541Lab,Spring2013
Creating a Vowel Chart in Excel
PlottingtheVowelMeasurements‐Insertabasicscatterplot:InsertChartScatterScatterwithmarkers(ThisstepvariesfromeachversionofExcel–generallyspeaking,an‘XY(Scatter)’plotisoneoftheoptionsavailablewhenyouinsertachart.)‐Afteryou’veinsertedanewchart,right‐clicktheemptybox(yourblankscatterplot)<SelectData>.
‐Hereishowyou’llwanttosetupyourdatapointsinthe‘SelectData’box:o Underthe‘Series’box,clickon<Add>toaddadataseries.o EditSeries: Seriesname:‘TempPoint1’(orwhateveryouwanttocallyourfirst
temporalpointdata) Seriesxvalues:TheseareyourF2_t1values<selectallvowels
ofthatcolumn> Seriesyvalues:TheseareyourF1_t1values<selectallvowels
ofthatcolumn>o Click<Add>inthe‘SelectDataSource’boxo EditSeries: Seriesname:‘TempPoint2’(orwhateveryouwanttocallyourfirst
temporalpointdata) Seriesxvalues:TheseareyourF2_t2values<selectallvowels
ofthatcolumn> Seriesyvalues:TheseareyourF1_t2values<selectallvowels
ofthatcolumn>oClick<OK>o Reversingy‐andx‐axes: Right‐clickonx‐axisselect<FormatAxis> Checktheboxthatsays“Valuesinreverseorder”. Dothesameforthey‐axis. Youcanalsoadjustyourrangesforeitheraxis.o Formattingthechart: Youcanlabelyourvowelsby:
Selectingaparticularseries/tokenandrightclickingselect<AddDataLabels>.MeasurementvalueswillappearRight‐clickonthedatalabel(makesurealllabelsforthatseriesarehighlighted)FormatDataLabelUnder‘labelcontains’,check‘seriesname’.Youcanalsomovearoundthetextboxes.(Tip:Ifonlyonetokengetshighlighted(nottheentireseries),itwillbetheonlyonethatwillchange.)
Youcanalsoadjustthesizes,colors,andshapesofyourtokensby: Selectingaparticularseries/tokenandrightclicking
select<FormatDataSeries>.(Tip:Again,ifonlyonetokengetshighlighted(nottheentireseries),itwillbetheonlyonethatwillchange.)