How To Make
Graphs in
Microsoft Excel
2007
Outline
Making Bar Graphs
Making Scatter Plots 1 series
Making Scatter Plots Multiple Series
Making Bar Graphs
Type in your data
Select Insert Graph
(Scatter Plot)
1. Select Insert
tab
2. Select Scatter
-You may choose
to have points
connected by
curved or
straight lines
Insert Graph
Once you select your type of graph,
you will get a box that will likely be
empty but may have a graph
depending on what you had selected
prior to inserting the graph
Select Your Data
1. Select the graph
area
2. Click on the
design tab under
chart tools
3. Click on select
data
Graph
area
Select Your Data
1. Click on Add
series*
* If any data was previously selected, select that
series and click remove
Type in Series Name
Select x-axis data for
series 1
Do not select
the title, just
your data points
Select y-axis data for
series 1
1. Once series 1 is added,
you will return to the
previous box, click Add to
add another series
Add Series 2 Type series
name
Select x-axis data for
series 2
Note how the xaxis is the same for
this and all series
of this graph
Select y-axis data for
series 2
1. Once series 2 is added,
you will return to the
previous box, click Add to
add another series
Add series 3 Type series
name
Select x-axis data for
series 3
Select y-axis data for
series 3
1. Once series 3 is added,
you will return to the
previous box, click Add to
add another series
Add series 4 Type series
name
Select x-axis data for
series 4
Select y-axis data for
series 4
Once you have
added all series
click ok and the
Select Data
Source box will
close.
Add a title to your graph
Under the Layout
tab in Chart tools,
select Chart Title
and then Above
Chart
Add a title to your graph
A title box, like the
one shown here, will
appear above your
graph
Type in your title
Label the x-axis
Under the Layout
tab in Chart tools,
select Axis Titles,
then Primary
Horizontal Axis Title
and Title Below Axis
Label the x-axis
A title box, like the
one shown here, will
appear below the xaxis
Label the x-axis
Type in your x-axis
title
Label the y-axis
Under the Layout
tab in Chart tools,
select Axis Titles,
then Primary Vertical
Axis Title and
Rotated Title
Label the y-axis
A title box, like the
one shown here, will
appear next to the yaxis
Label the y-axis
Type in your y-axis
title
And you are done!!!
To copy your graph into a word
document, right click on the graph
and select Copy. In your word
document, right click on the blank
page and select Paste