Ceate By :- A.S .

Fathima Rumana
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Charts in
Excel
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Objectives

After viewing this topic students will be able to :

 Identify the most frequently used types of charts

 Select appropriate chart for the data

 Create chart in excel

 Use chart option color and labels

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Types of Charts
Pie
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Column
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Line
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2
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1 4
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Category Category 2 1st Qtr 2nd Qtr 3rd Qtr 4th Qtr
1 2 1
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Bar
Scatter Series 1 Series 2
4 Series 3

3 Category 2
2 Category 1
1 0 0.5 1 1.5 2 2.5 3 3.5 4 4.5 5
0 Series 1 Series 2 Series 3
0.5 1 1.5 2 2.5 3
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When to use Column :- Display the data

changes over the period of time
Column/Bar or illustrate comparison among
Charts the items.
Bar :- this chart will illustrate
comparison among the individual
items

Student's hair color , Srilanka

Population growth and Measured
PH of liquid.
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Pie:-Shows the size of items that make
When to use up data series , proportional to the sum of
the Pie,Line the items(For example, Class hair color)
and Scatter
Line :-Shows trends in data at equal
interval (Example : Srilanka population
growth)

Scatter:- (xy-chart) it shows the

relationship among the numeric values in
several data series or plot two groups of
numbers as on series of xy-coordinates.
(Example Calories vs weight)
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Creating your chart

1step- Gather data

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Creating your chart

2nd step- Enter the data in excel

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Creating your chart

3rd step- Select the chart type

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Creating your chart

4th step- Label the chart

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Delete, Format option &Changing text

Change
colors and
shapes

Select Text

Change
Delete the
format
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Changing Chart Type

Selecting Line chart

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Activity

Create two chart in Excel

 Column/Bar chart

 Line chart

Use data which is appropriate for each type. Be sure to include a title
and labels for your axes.
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Thank You.