PRACTICE EXERCISES. Family Utility Expenses

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1 PRACTICE EXERCISES Family Utility Expenses Your cousin, Rita Dansie, wants to analyze her family's utility expenses for She wants to save money during months when utility expenses are lower so that her family will have money budgeted for months when the total utility expenses are higher. She gave you her files for the electric, gas, and water bills for the year You created a worksheet that lists the individual expenses per month, along with yearly totals per utility type and monthly totals. You will create some charts to depict the data. This exercise follows the same set of skills as used in Hands-On Exercises 1 and 2 in the chapter. Refer to Figure 3.52 as you complete this exercise. Monthly Utility Expenses for 2012 Monthly Utility Expenses for 2012 FIGURE 3.52 Dansie Family Utility Expenses > a. Open e03pl utilities and save it as e03plutilities_lastnamefirstname. b. Select the range A4:E17, and then click the Insert tab. c. Click Column in the Charts group, and then select Clustered Column. After creating the chart, you realize you need to adjust the data source because you included the monthly and yearly totals. d. Click the Design tab, if necessary. Click Select Data in the Data group to open the Select Data Source dialog box, and then do the following: Click Monthly Totals in the Legend Entries (Series) list, and then click Remove. Click in the Chart data range box, and then change 17 to 16 at the end of the range. Click OK to finalize removing the monthly and yearly totals from the chart. e. Position the mouse pointer over the chart area. When you see the Chart Area ScreenTip, drag the chart so that the top-left edge of the chart is in cell A19. f. Click the Format tab. Click in the Shape Width box in the Size group, type 6, and then press Enter. g. Click the Design tab, and then click Layout 3 in the Chart Layouts group. h. Click the Chart Title placeholder, type Monthly Utility Expenses for 2012, and then press Enter. i. Click the More button in the Chart Styles group, and then click Style 26 (second style, fourth row). j. Click the clustered column chart, use the Copy command, and then paste a copy of the chart in cell A36. With the second chart selected, do the following: Click the Design tab, click Change Chart Type in the Type group, select Line with Markers in the Line section, and then click OK. Click the More button in the Chart Styles group, and then click Style 2 (second style, first row). Copy the selected chart, and then paste it in cell A52. k. Make sure the third chart is selected, and then do the following: Click the Design tab, if necessary, click Change Chart Type in the Type group, select Area on the left side, click Stacked Area, and then click OK. Click Move Chart in the Location group, click New sheet, type Area Chart, and then click OK. 1. Click the Expenses worksheet tab, scroll up to see the line chart, and then select the line chart. Click the Design tab, if necessary, click Move Chart in the Location group, click New sheet, type Line Chart, and then click OK. CF CHAPTER 3 Charts

2 m. Create a footer with your name on the left side, the sheet name code in the center, and the file name code on the right side on the worksheet and on the two chart sheets. n. Click the File tab, and then click Print. Look at the preview window for each worksheet. Print all three worksheets for your reference, based on your instructor's directions. o. Save and close the workbook, and submit based on your instructor's directions. lorida Population by Age and Sex FROM SCRATCH As a consultant for major corporations in Florida, you provide demographic data to managers to help them determine how to market their products to the population. Marketing professionals often look at demographics, such as age distributions and the male-to-female ratio, when developing marketing campaigns. For example, if a state's population is predominately females from years old, a company would market products differently from a state that is predominately males from years old. This exercise follows the same set of skills as used in Hands-On Exercises 1-3 in the chapter. Refer to Figure 3.53 as you complete this exercise. Florida Population by Gender I * V C«*y TALLAHASSEE \ J*ck FIGURE 3.53 Florida Data Mat { Female Under 18 years 2,080,260 1^77,513 i8to24years 25to44years 45to64years 864,497 2,445,363 2,328, ,593 2, ,499, years and ove r 1, ,790,273 a. Open a Web browser and go to Click the State estimates by demographic characteristics link, click the Median Age and Age by Sex link, click the Excel link for Florida, and then click Open or OK to open the dataset in Excel. Click Enable Editing. TROUBLESHOOTING: If your data differs, the ranges you need to select may be in different rows, j I Use the labels as a guide to selecting the correct ranges and adapt the exercise as necessary. b. Copy age group labels and data for the latest year posted from the downloaded dataset to a new workbook by doing the following: Scroll through the dataset to find the MALE section. Select the range A60:B60, the label Under 18 years, and the population data for the latest year. Click Copy. Start a new workbook, click cell A5, and then click Paste. Type Male in cell B4. Save the workbook as e03p2florida_lastnamefirstname. Make the downloaded dataset active, select the range A65:B68, which includes labels and data for age groups 18 years and older, click Copy, switch to the e03p2florida workbook, click cell A6, and then click Paste. Practice Exercises Excel 2O1O

3 Switch to the downloaded dataset, scroll through the dataset to find the FEMALE section, click cell B95, the data only for females under 18 years, click Copy, switch to the e03p2florida workbook, click cell C5, and then click Paste. Copy the range B100:B103 (data only for the remaining female age groups) from the downloaded dataset, and then paste it starting in cell C6 in the e03p2florida workbook. Type Female in cell C4. Close the downloaded data without saving it. c. Complete the worksheet by doing the following: Select the range A4:A9, click Clear in the Editing group on the Home tab, and then select Clear Formats. Double-click between column headings A and B to widen column A. Click Find & Select in the Editing group, select Replace, type. (a period) in the Find what box, leave the Replace with box empty, and then click Replace All to delete the period at the beginning of each label. Click OK when the replacement confirmation message displays. Click Close to close the Find and Replace dialog box. Type Florida Population in cell Al, merge and center the title across the range A1:C1, apply bold, and then change the font size to 14 pt. Type 'July 2009 (substituting the latest year in the downloaded dataset) in cell A2. If you do not type the leading apostrophe, Excel will convert the date to a different format. Merge and center the date in the range A2:C2. Bold and center horizontally the column labels in the range B4:C4. Change the name of Sheetl to Data, and then delete the other worksheets. d. Select the range A4:C9, click the Insert tab, click Column in the Charts group, and then select Clustered Column in the 2-D Column section. e. Click Move Chart in the Location group on the Design tab to open the Move Chart dialog box. Click New sheet, type Population Chart, and then click OK. f. Click the Layout tab, and then add a chart title by doing the following: Click Chart Title in the Labels group, and then select Above Chart. Type Florida Population by Gender (substituting the appropriate year), and then press Enter. g. Change the units for the vertical axis by doing the following: Click Axes in the Axes group, point to Primary Vertical Axis, and then select More Primary Vertical Axis Options. Click the Display units arrow, and then select Millions. Click Number on the left side of the Format Axis dialog box, type 1 in the Decimal places box, and then click Close. h. Add data labels by doing the following: Identify the Charts Elements arrow in the Current Selection group. It currently displays Vertical (Value) Axis. Click the Chart Elements arrow in the Current Selection group, and then select Series "Male". Click Data Labels in the Labels group, and then select Outside End. Click Data Labels in the Labels group, select More Data Label Options, click Number on the left side of the Format Data Labels dialog box, select Number in the Category section, type 1 in the Decimal places box, and then click Close. Click the data labels to select them if necessary, apply bold, and then apply 11-pt font size. Adapt these steps for the Female data series. i. Click the Layout tab, if necessary, click Data Table in the Labels group, and then select Show Data Table with Legend Keys. j. Click Legend in the Labels group, and then select None. k. Click Plot Area in the Background group, and then select More Plot Area Options. Do the following in the Format Plot Area dialog box: Click Picture or texture fill. Click Clip Art, then in the Select Picture dialog box, search for and insert a map of Florida. Select the image that matches the image in Figure 3.53, and then click OK. Drag the Transparency slider to 60%, and then click Close. 1. Click the Data worksheet tab, click cell BIO, and then create sparklines by doing the following: Click the Insert tab, and then click Column in the Sparklines group. Select the range B5:B9 to enter the range in the Data Range box. Ensure $B$10 appears in the Location Range box, and then click OK. Increase the row height of row 10 to CHAPTER 3 Charts

4 *" m. Adapt step 1 to create a sparkline in cell CIO for the female data. Click Sparkline Color in the Style group, and then select Red, Accent 2. n. Create a footer with your name on the left side, the sheet name code in the center, and the file name code on the right side of both worksheets. For the Data worksheet, use the Page Layout tab to change the scaling to 125% in the Scale to Fit group, and then select the Horizontally check box in the Margins tab of the Page Setup dialog box. o. Save and close the workbook, and submit based on your instructor's directions. Close the Web browser window if necessary. Gas Prices in Boston " You are interested in moving to Boston, but you want to know about the city's gasoline prices. You downloaded data from a government site, but it is overwhelming to detect trends when you have over 200 weekly data points. You create a chart to help you interpret the data. This exercise follows the same set of skills as used in Hands-On Exercises 1, 2, and 3 in the chapter. Refer to Figure 3.54 as you complete this exercise. Regular Gas Price History in Boston FIGURE 3.54 Boston Gas Prices > a. Open e03p3boston and save it as e03p3boston_lastnamefirstname. b. Select cells A6:B235, click the Insert tab, click Line in the Charts group, and then click Line in the 2-D Line section. Excel creates the chart and displays the Chart Tools Design tab. c. Click Move Chart in the Location group, click New sheet, type Line Chart, and then click OK. d. Click the Layout tab, click Legend in the Labels group, and then select None to remove the legend. e. Click the chart title to select it, type Regular Gas Price History in Boston, and then press Enter. f. Click Axis Titles in the Labels group, point to Primary Vertical Axis Title, select Vertical Title, type Price per Gallon, and then press Enter. g. Click Axes in the Axes group, point to Primary Vertical Axis, and then select More Primary Vertical Axis Options. Do the following in the Format Axis dialog box: Make sure that Axis Options is selected on the left side of the Format Axis dialog box, click the Display units arrow, and then select Hundreds. Click Number on the left side of the dialog box, click Accounting in the Category list, and then click Close. h. Click the Hundreds label, and then press Delete. You converted the cents per gallon to dollars and cents per gallon. i. Click Axes in the Axes group, point to Primary Horizontal Axis, and then select More Primary Horizontal Axis Options. Click Number on the left side of the Format Axis dialog box, click Date in the Category list if necessary, select 3/14/01 in the Type list, and then click Close. Practice Exercises Excel 2O1O

5 j. Use the Home tab to change the category axis, value axis, and value axis labels to 9-pt size. Apply the Orange, Accent 6, Darker 25% font color to the chart title, k. Click the Design tab, click the More button in the Chart styles group, and then click Style 40 (first style on the right side of the fifth row). 1. Click the Layout tab, click Trendline, and then select Exponential Trendline. m. Create a footer with your name on the left side, the sheet name code in the center, and the file name code on the right side. n. Click the File tab, click Print, and then look at the preview. Print the chart sheet if instructed, o. Save and close the workbook, and submit based on your instructor's directions. CHAPTER 3 Charts