CSCI-235 Micro-Computers in Science Microsoft Excel 2002 Chapter 4 Graphs and Charts: Delivering a Message

Exploring Microsoft Excel 2002 Chapter 4 2 What is a Chart?  A graphic representation of data in a worksheet  Based on descriptive (text) entries called category labels and numeric values called data points  Data series: a grouping of data points

Exploring Microsoft Excel 2002 Chapter 4 3 Chart Types  Always remember to keep it simple and clear  Pie and Exploded pie charts are effective for displaying proportional relationships  Column charts are used for displaying numbers  Bar charts show numbers horizontally

Exploring Microsoft Excel 2002 Chapter 4 4 Pie Charts

Exploring Microsoft Excel 2002 Chapter 4 5 Column Charts

Exploring Microsoft Excel 2002 Chapter 4 6 Creating A Chart  Select the cells containing your labels and data points  Use the Chart Wizard a four step process Step one choose a chart type Step two review data series Step three final touches Step four where to store

Exploring Microsoft Excel 2002 Chapter 4 7 Chart Wizard

Exploring Microsoft Excel 2002 Chapter 4 8 Finishing the Chart  Embedding in a worksheet or separate chart sheet  Enhance with Drawing toolbar

Exploring Microsoft Excel 2002 Chapter 4 9 Using the Drawing toolbar

Exploring Microsoft Excel 2002 Chapter 4 10 Using Multiple Data Series

Exploring Microsoft Excel 2002 Chapter 4 11 Object Linking and Embedding  Create a document in one application that contains objects from another application For example, contain a Word document that contains objects from an Excel worksheet  Embedded object is stored in the document an Excel chart becomes part of the Word document  Linked object is stored in its own file any change in this file is automatically reflected in the main document  Multitasking – the ability to have more than one application open at the same time