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Excel Charts

This document discusses different types of charts in Excel that can be used to visualize data. It explains how to insert a chart in Excel by selecting the data range and choosing a chart type from the Insert tab. The document then overviews 12 common chart types including column charts, line charts, pie charts, bar charts, and area charts. It provides brief descriptions of how each chart type displays data relationships.

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Excel Charts

This document discusses different types of charts in Excel that can be used to visualize data. It explains how to insert a chart in Excel by selecting the data range and choosing a chart type from the Insert tab. The document then overviews 12 common chart types including column charts, line charts, pie charts, bar charts, and area charts. It provides brief descriptions of how each chart type displays data relationships.

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Charts in Excel

Introduction
 It can often be difficult to interpret Excel workbooks
that contain a lot of data. Charts allow you to illustrate
your workbook data graphically, which makes it easy to
visualize comparisons and trends.
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To insert a chart
 Select the cells you want to chart, including the column
titles and row labels. These cells will be the source data
for the chart.

 From the Insert tab, click the desired Chart command.


In
our example, we'll select Column.
 Choose the desired chart type from the drop-down
menu.
 The selected chart will be inserted in the
worksheet.
 If you're not sure which type of chart to use, the
Recommended Charts command will suggest
several different charts based on the source data.
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Column charts
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Line charts
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Area charts
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