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Exploring: Microsoft® Excel® 2016

Comprehensive
First Edition

Chapter 3
Charts Depicting Data
Visually

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Objectives
• Select the Data Source
• Choose a Chart Type
• Move, Size, and Print a Chart
• Add, Edit, and Format Chart Elements
• Apply a Chart Style and Colors
• Modify the Data Source
• Create and Customize Sparklines

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Objective 1: Select the Data Source
Skills:
• Select an Adjacent Range
• Select a Nonadjacent Range

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Select the Data Source (1 of 4)
• Chart—visual representation of numerical data
• Data point—cell containing a value
• Data series—group of related data points

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Select the Data Source (2 of 4)

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Select the Data Source (3 of 4)
• Chart elements:
– Chart area
– Plot area
– X-axis
– Y-axis
– Legend

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Select the Data Source (4 of 4)

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Objective 2: Choose a Chart Type
Skills:
• Create a Clustered Column Chart
• Create a Bar Chart
• Change the Chart Type
• Create a Line Chart
• Create a Pie Chart
• Create a Combo Chart
• Create an Area Chart
• Create a Scatter Chart
• Create a Stock Chart
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Choose a Chart Type (1 of 9)
• Chart types:
– Column—displays values in vertical columns and
categories along horizontal axis
– Bar—displays values in horizontal bars and categories
along vertical axis
– Line—displays category data on horizontal axis and
value data on vertical axis
– Pie—shows proportion of individual data points to the
total

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Choose a Chart Type (2 of 9)
• Chart types:
– Combo—combines two chart types
– Area—similar to a line chart
– Scatter—shows relationship between two numerical
variables
– Stock—shows fluctuations in stock prices

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Choose a Chart Type (3 of 9)

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Choose a Chart Type (4 of 9)

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Choose a Chart Type (5 of 9)

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Choose a Chart Type (6 of 9)

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Choose a Chart Type (7 of 9)

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Choose a Chart Type (8 of 9)

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Choose a Chart Type (9 of 9)

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Objective 3: Move, Size, and Print a Chart
Skills:
• Move a Chart to a New Chart Sheet
• Move a Chart Within a Worksheet
• Size a Chart

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Move, Size, and Print a Chart (1 of 2)

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Move, Size, and Print a Chart (2 of 2)

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Objective 4: Add, Edit, and Format Chart
Elements (1 of 2)
Skills:
• Edit and Format Chart Titles
• Add and Format Axes Titles
• Format Axes
• Add, Position, and Format Data Labels
• Format and Position the Legend
• Apply a Quick Layout
• Format the Chart Area

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Objective 4: Add, Edit, and Format Chart
Elements (2 of 2)
• Format the Plot Area
• Format a Data Series
• Format the Gridlines
• Format a Data Point

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Add, Edit, and Format Chart Elements (1 of 4)
• Chart elements:
– Axis title—describes category or value axes
– Chart title—describes entire chart
– Data label—shows exact value or name of data point
– Data table—grid that contains data source values and
labels

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Add, Edit, and Format Chart Elements (2 of 4)
• Chart elements:
– Error bars—visuals indicating statistics for data point or
marker
– Gridlines—horizontal or vertical lines
– Legend—identifies attributes assigned data series
– Trendline—line that depicts trends

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Add, Edit, and Format Chart Elements (3 of 4)

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Add, Edit, and Format Chart Elements (4 of 4)

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Objective 5: Apply a Chart Style and Colors
Skills:
• Apply a Chart Style
• Change Colors

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Apply a Chart Style and Colors

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Objective 6: Modify the Data Source
Skills:
• Apply Chart Filters
• Switch Row and Column Data

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Modify the Data Source (1 of 3)

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Modify the Data Source (2 of 3)

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Modify the Data Source (3 of 3)

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Objective 7: Create and Customize
Sparklines
Skills:
• Insert a Sparkline
• Customize Sparklines

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Create and Customize Sparklines (1 of 3)

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Create and Customize Sparklines (2 of 3)

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Create and Customize Sparklines (3 of 3)

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Summary
• Charts and sparklines visually represent data
• Excel provides numerous chart types and several sparkline
types
• Charts and sparklines, and their elements, can be edited
and formatted
• Filters can be applied to a chart to focus on specific data
elements

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