LAb 6
LAb 6
Objective:
To demonstrate and practice the process of creating various types of graphs and charts using
spreadsheet software.
Instructions:
Experiment Steps:
Enter your data into the spreadsheet. For example, in a graph showing the amount of money spent
over the course of a day where "X" is the time of day and "Y" is the amount of money remaining:
A2 and down would have different times of the day (e.g., "12:00" in A2, "13:00" in A3,
etc.).
B2 and down would have decreasing amounts of money corresponding to the time in
the A column (e.g., "$20" in B2 would mean one had 20 dollars at noon, "$15" in B3
would mean one had 15 dollars at one o'clock, etc.).
Click the top left cell. If you're following the above template, this will be the A1 cell. Doing so will
select it.
Hold down ⇧ Shift and click your data's bottom right cell. Performing this action will highlight all of
your data.
Click the Insert tab. You'll see this option in the green section of the top of the Excel window, to the
right of the Home tab.
Click Recommended Charts. It's toward the middle of the group of options near the top of the
window.
Click a chart option. You can choose from a list of recommended charts based on your data, or you
can click the All Charts tab at the top of this window to select one of Excel's many graph variants.
Click OK. It's in the bottom right corner of the Recommended Charts window. Doing so will create a
chart from your selected data in the format of your choosing.
You can edit the graph's title by clicking it and then typing in a new title.
Q2. How to select the data range for graph creation using the mouse or keyboard?
Q3. How to create each type of graph using the spreadsheet software's chart creation tools?
Q4. How to adjust chart titles, axis labels, colors, fonts, and other visual elements?
Q5. how to add and format chart titles, axis labels, and data series labels using the chart editing
tools?
Q6. How to insert the graphs into a separate worksheet or document for presentation or further
analysis.
Q7. how to save the spreadsheet file to a local drive or cloud storage platform.