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1 Most of us are familiar with standard Excel chart types such as a pie chart, a column chart, and a line chart, as well as the types of data they are used to showcase visually. Excel, however, offers a wide variety of charts and chart subtypes such as the doughnut chart, bubble chart, and pie of pie chart. Charts such as the doughnut chart, bubble chart, and pie of pie chart are often utilized in infographics and dashboard reports. Infographics are very popular in the world of content marketing and are advanced forms of data visualizations that usually contain charts, graphics, and text. Read More: How to Make a Pie Chart in Excel [Video Tutorial] So, let s get started with a few simple examples in order to see how to create the doughnut chart, bubble chart, and pie of pie chart. Table of Contents 1 How to Create a Doughnut Chart 2 How to Create a Bubble Chart 3 How to Create a Pie of Pie Chart 4 Download Working File 5 Conclusion 6 Useful Links How to Create a Doughnut Chart A doughnut chart is similar to a pie chart, in that it also shows the relationship of parts to a whole. The doughnut chart can, however, showcase more than one series. We have a simple data set showing regions and the corresponding sales data for each region in our example below. All rights reserved to ExcelDemy.com. 1

6) Now select the entire chart area and go to Chart Tools> Format>Shape Styles and

8 7) Select only the plot area again and go to Chart Tools> Format>Shape Styles but this time click on the drop-down arrow next to Shape Effects. Choose Outer Shadow and select the Offset Center outer shadow as shown below. All rights reserved to ExcelDemy.com. 8

9 8) Now select the legend and increase the font size to 10. 9) Select all the series and go to Chart Tools>Design>Chart Styles and click on the dropdown arrow next to Change Chart Colors. Change the color scheme to Monochromatic, color 15 as shown. All rights reserved to ExcelDemy.com. 9

10) With the series still selected, change the Shape Outline color to

11) Change the weight of the outline to ½ pt as

12) Change the outline color/border of the whole chart to White, Background

How to Create a Bubble Chart A bubble chart is a type of XY-scatter chart, with an additional dimension represented by the size of the bubbles. A bubble chart plots x, y and z values.

13 How to Create a Bubble Chart A bubble chart is a type of XY-scatter chart, with an additional dimension represented by the size of the bubbles. A bubble chart plots x, y and z values. Read More: Elements of an Excel Chart We have a simple data set showing the number of tennis coaches employed to help run a tennis clinic, a number of tennis players registered that received training at the clinic, and a number of tennis balls used up for the duration of the tennis clinic, below. All rights reserved to ExcelDemy.com. 13

2) Go to Insert>Charts>Click on the drop-down arrow next to XY

16 3) Select the default chart title Sales and change the title to Number of Coaches versus Players versus Balls used. 4) Change the font of the title to bold and the size to 10 and delete the vertical and horizontal gridlines. All rights reserved to ExcelDemy.com. 16

17 5) Add a primary horizontal axis called Number of Coaches. This is for the x values. Add a primary vertical axis called Amount of Players. This is for the y values. This is done the same way one would do it for a normal XY scatter plot. With the chart selected, go to Chart Tools>Design>Chart Layouts. Click on the drop-down arrow next to Add Chart Element>Axis Titles>Primary Horizontal to add the x-axis title, and then follow the same process but choose Primary Vertical to add the y-axis title. All rights reserved to ExcelDemy.com. 17

18 6) With the chart selected, click the plus sign next to the chart to activate the Chart Elements Menu. Select Data Labels>More Options. 7) In the Format Data Labels Panel, with Label Options expanded, deselect the Y Value if checked and check Bubble Size instead. All rights reserved to ExcelDemy.com. 18

19 8) Format the data labels, while they are all still selected, by going to Chart Tools>Format>Shape Styles and choosing a Shape Fill of Gray -25%, Background 2 color. All rights reserved to ExcelDemy.com. 19

21 How to Create a Pie of Pie Chart A pie of pie chart is utilized, when one wants to showcase the parts to the whole, but you have more than seven items and as a result, one s pie will have too many slices. We have a simple data set showing the name of the sales rep designated to the West area, and their corresponding sales for the month of May in our example below. All rights reserved to ExcelDemy.com. 21

22 1) First things first for this type of chart, sort the data by largest to smallest on the Sales column, if the data is not sorted already. Once done sorting, select the data. All rights reserved to ExcelDemy.com. 22

25 4) Change the chart title to Sales Rep Sales for the Month of May. Change the font size to 11 and set the style to bold. Read More: How Excel Handle Charts, Embedded Charts and Chart Sheets 5) Select all the data series, right-click and choose Format Data Series. All rights reserved to ExcelDemy.com. 25

6) In the Format Data Series Panel, with Series Options expanded, set

27 7) Close the options panel. 8) With the chart selected, click the plus sign next to the chart to activate the Chart Elements Menu, select Data Labels>More Options. All rights reserved to ExcelDemy.com. 27

29 10) Format the data labels, while they are all still selected, by going to Chart Tools>Format>Shape Styles and choosing a Shape Fill of Green, Accent 6, Lighter 80%. All rights reserved to ExcelDemy.com. 29

11) Now select the entire chart area and go to Chart Tools> Format>Shape Styles

12) Select the chart title and change the chart title background to white and

33 14) Select the two gray lines leading to the second pie chart, go to Chart Tools>Format>Shape Styles and select Intense Line Accent 1 from the drop-down options. All rights reserved to ExcelDemy.com. 33

35 And there you have it. Download Working File DoughnutChart-BubbleChart-PieWithinPieChart Conclusion The doughnut chart, the bubble chart and the pie of pie chart are increasingly being utilized in the infographic space. Excel provides ways of creating and formatting these charts for use in infographics and as part of standard data visualization. Please feel free to comment and tell us if you utilize doughnut charts, bubble charts, and pie of pie charts to showcase/display your data in spreadsheets, presentations or infographics. Useful Links Present your data in a doughnut chart Present your data in a bubble chart Explode or expand a pie chart All rights reserved to ExcelDemy.com. 35

36 10 SHARES FacebookTwitter Taryn N Taryn is a Microsoft Certified Professional, who has used Office Applications such as Excel and Access extensively, in her interdisciplinary academic career and work experience. She has a background in biochemistry, Geographical Information Systems (GIS) and biofuels. She enjoys showcasing the functionality of Excel in various disciplines. She has over ten years of experience using Excel and Access to create advanced integrated solutions. All rights reserved to ExcelDemy.com. 36

So let s get started with a simple example to illustrate the difference between the worksheet level protection and workbook level protection.

So let s get started with a simple example to illustrate the difference between the worksheet level protection and workbook level protection. It is often necessary to protect either the sensitive information in one s actual worksheet or the workbook structure, from being edited. Excel provides different options for protecting and securing one