SPARKLINES

***Sparklines provide a quick chart/graph located in a single cell

Stock Prices
Company 2008 2009 2010 2011 2012 Sparkline
IBM $ 88 $ 131 $ 148 $ 180 $ 194
Apple $ 91 $ 212 $ 336 $ 422 $ 527
Dell $ 11 $ 15 $ 14 $ 15 $ 11
Microsoft $ 20 $ 31 $ 28 $ 28 $ 26

To Create a Sparkline go to Insert->Sparklines (select the type of chart you want -Line/Column/Win/Loss)

Select the range you want to graph and the Location Range is the cell the Sparkline will be placed in

Once you create a Sparkline if you click in the cell that contains the Sparkline you should see a 'Design Sparkline' Ribbon
***From here you can edit the format/range/Type
n/Win/Loss)

a 'Design Sparkline' Ribbon appear

SPARKLINES -Practice Problem #1
***Populate the cells in yellow with Sparklines

YtY% Sales 1Q 2Q 3Q 4Q Column Line Win/Loss

Unit A 10% -25% 40% 8%
Unit B -8% -20% -15% 2%
Unit C 33% 33% 45% 52%
Unit D -6% -33% 20% 25%
Unit E 5% 12% 30% 70%

Create Sparklines in Cells H13:J18 that match the example above

YtY% Sales 1Q 2Q 3Q 4Q Column Line Win/Loss
Unit A 10% -25% 40% 8%
Unit B -8% -20% -15% 2%
Unit C 33% 33% 45% 52%
Unit D -6% -33% 20% 25%
Unit E 5% 12% 30% 70%
Step-by-Step Solution
1) With Cursor in cell C14 go to Insert->Sparkline (Type Column)
***Select the Data Range and Location you want to place the Sparkline (Be sure to lock only the column

***If you receive the below error message try and toggle the Data Range by pressing the F4 key

2) You should receive a Sparkline that looks like the attached:

2a) From here you want to format the Sparkline by including an Axis and highlighting the negative poin
***To get the 'Design' ribbon to appear you must have your cursor in the cell containing the Sparkline
2c) Once you have the Sparkline formatted correctly you should be able to copy/paste the Sparkline to a
***Be sure to copy and paste (not drag the sparkline over)

3) From here if you highlight the Sparklines under the 'Line column (cells I14:I18) and go under the Desig
***Repeat for the Win/Loss Column
e sure to lock only the columns using the '$' signs)

by pressing the F4 key

highlighting the negative points

ell containing the Sparkline
copy/paste the Sparkline to all yellow cells

4:I18) and go under the Design Ribbon ->Select the Line Type