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1 Charts and graphs are a great way of representing your data. Microsoft Excel 2010 offers almost every chart type and makes it easier to draw them so that your data can quickly understood in a graphical format. In this post you will learn what each chart and graph represents and the additional functionality that you might not have heard about. HOW TO DRAW CHARTS IN EXCEL 2010 First of all make sure that there is some data in your excel sheet and that your excel sheet does not contain any blank cells between the different columns, then click the Insert menu and choose the chart type that you wish to draw. The data in your Excel sheet will be organized as a chart.

Once the chart is drawn, it becomes very easy to

you will see the options for changing chart

CHART AND GRAPHS TYPES IN EXCEL 2010 The chart or

Chart, Line Graphs, Piee Chart, Barr Graph, Area

situations in which a specific chart type is used.

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2 Once the chart is drawn, it becomes very easy to change the attributes, right-click the chart and you will see the options for changing chart types, data, and other formatting. CHART AND GRAPHS TYPES IN EXCEL 2010 The chart or graph type will depend on the data for which you are going to plot the chart. The most commonly used types include Column Chart, Line Graphs, Piee Chart, Barr Graph, Area Chart, Scatter Graphs, Stock Chart, and Surface Chart, among many others. Lets discuss these chart types, and the situations in which a specific chart type is used. COLUMN CHART The Column chart is one of the most commonly used chart type and is used to show the changes in data over a period of time or illustrate comparisons among items. LINE GRAPHS Line Graphs are mainly used to plot changes in data over time. The bestt example of this chart type can be the weekly change in temperature.

3 PIE CHART The Pie Chart is very useful when you wish to emphasize on a significant element in the data. It represents data in the form of a pie.

4 BAR GRAPH A bar graph illustrates comparisons among individual items. AREA CHART An area chart displays the magnitude of change over time.

5 SCATTER GRAPHS The Scatter Graph and Line chart are almost similar, but the scatter graph is displayed with a scribble line whereas the line graph uses connected lines to display data. SURFACE CHARTS A surface chart comes in handy if you are to determine the optimum combination between two sets of data. CHART PLOT AREA The area that is covered by a specific chart is called the chart plot area. By default Excel draws charts according to the default configuration, but its very easy to edit the plot area, simply right-click the chart and choose the Format Plot Area option. Now you will see a dialogue box which lets you set the chart s fill style, borders, Glow and soft Edges, and 3-D effects.

6 EMBEDDED CHARTS AND CHART SHEETS You can create a chart on it s own chart sheet or on a worksheet. In both ways the chart is linked to the source data on the worksheet, which means the chart is updated when you update the worksheet data. In order to set the chart to change while the values of some particular cells changes, right-click the chart andd choose the Select Data option, and then select, and add the fields that you wish to include in this process. If you have been caught up in the maze of numbers and values all day long in Excel, then it would be fascinating to createe scatter graph for yourr datasheet.. With Scatter graph & Trendlines you will be able to grasp the trend of your data. With this data visualization tool you can help your audience to understand the crux of the datasheet by visually conveying them what data actually means, and most importantly help them to comprehend the trend of your datasheett values. This post will put some light on it.

7 To start off with, launch Excel 2010, open a datasheet for which you want to create Scatter graph and Trend lines. For instance, we have included a datasheet for which we want to create scatter graph and trend lines, it contains two fields; Distance (Km), and Time(Hrs) ). Now we want to create scatter graph which will show distance and time relation. For this, select the portion of the datasheet, navigate to Insert tab, and from Scatter options, select desired type of chart as shown in the screenshot below. Upon clicking desired type of chart, Excel will automatically create a chart, representing table fields as x- axis, and y-axis respectively, as can be seen in the screen shot below.

8 Now we will change the layout and design of the chart to make the value and scattered dots more prominent. For this select the chart, and you will notice under Chart Tools Design, Layout, and Format tab will appear. From Design tab choose the colors and design that best suits your datasheet. From Chart layouts select an appropriate layout for scatter chart. Now navigate to Layout tab, and from Trendline options, clickk Linear Trendline.

9 You will be asked for whichh field you want to make trend lines, select the field, and click OK. Here you can see the trendiness, showing trend of the datasheet table in the screen shot below. Now if you want to know the trend exponentially, from Trendlines click Exponential Trenlines.

10 From Layout tab, there are so much to do with scatter chart; you can create Error Bars, change Plot area, apply 3-D effects, Grid Lines etc. Apply desired Error Bars, 3-D effects, and gridlines to make the chart self-explanatory.

11 Using Excel to Make Professional Tables and Graphs Directions for Part I: Navigate to the following address: training tutorial.com/animations/create charts graphs.html Review the following tutorials for Excel: Introduction to Excel & Introductions to charts Directions for Part II: Once you have reviewed these tutorials it is time for you to apply what you have learned. The data you will be graphing for this exercise is the USGS gauging station data for the Snoqualmie (near Snoqualmie Falls) during the dates of January 7 through January 11, To access the real time stream flow data collected at this site go to the following address: data.aspx?r=snoqualmie On the watershed map click on the Snoqualmie gauging station near Snoqualmie Falls. For the dates of January 7 through January 11, 2009 the following flow data and gauge height data was collected every 6 hours at this gauging station. Flood Stage.--The National Weather Service Flood Stage for this station is 20,000 cfs. King County has Flood Phase Information for this gage. Additional Excel help: menu.html training tutorial.com/charts graphs.html

12 Station # Date Time Gauge Height (ft) Flow (CFS) USGS : USGS : USGS : USGS : USGS : USGS : USGS : USGS : USGS : USGS : USGS : USGS : USGS : USGS : USGS : USGS : USGS : USGS : USGS : USGS :

13 Name: Period: Step 2.A Make a perfect line graph!! Using Excel construct a table of the data provided above. To help you do this you may want to go through the steps shown in the tutorial you just viewed. You will need to reenter the values on this table into your data table. Your new table should show 3 data columns: date, time and average flow (measured in CFS cubic feet per second). Rubric Table / 2 /2 /5 /3 Table pasted into a Word document. Name of student and class period typed into document. Data table complete for 4 days of data collected (all data entered). Proper headings for each column of data. / 2 Data table titles table 1 Graph /4 /3 /2 /2 Appropriate title Graph set up with date/time on X axis and CFS on Y axis. X axis properly labeled with proper units Y axis properly labeled with correct units /3 flood stage drawn and labeled on graph /28

Creating a Basic Chart in Excel 2007

Creating a Basic Chart in Excel 2007 A chart is a pictorial representation of the data you enter in a worksheet. Often, a chart can be a more descriptive way of representing your data. As a result, those