1. Microsoft Excel 2003 Illustrated Complete
Enhancing
Charts and Worksheets

2. Objectives Select a custom chart type Customize a data series
Format a chart axis
Add a data table to a chart
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3. Objectives Rotate a chart Enhance a chart with WordArt Rotate text
Add a picture to a chart
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4. Selecting a Custom Chart Type
Excel has two chart types:
A Standard chart type is a commonly used chart type such as a column, bar, or pie
Choose from several different subtypes
A Custom chart type is a specially formatted chart type
20 built-in chart types
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5. Selecting a Custom Chart Type (cont.)
Custom Types tab
Custom chart types
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6. Selecting a Custom Chart Type (cont.)
Creating your own custom chart type
Create a custom chart type by adding elements, such as a legend, color, or gridlines to the chart
Add the custom chart type to the list of chart types so you can select the custom chart type in the future
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7. Customizing a Data Series
A data series is the information, usually numbers or values, that Excel plots on a chart
Customize the data series in a chart by altering the spreadsheet range that contains the chart data
Customize by entering descriptive text, called a data label, that appears above a data marker in a chart
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8. Customizing a Data Series (cont.)
Data label
Selection handles
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9. Customizing a Data Series (cont.)
Removing, inserting, and formatting legends
To insert or remove a legend, click the Legend button on the Chart toolbar
To format legend text, click Legend in the Chart Objects list of the Chart toolbar
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10. Formatting a Chart Axis
Excel plots and formats chart data and places the chart axes within the chart’s plot area
Data values in two-dimensional charts are plotted on the y-axis and categories are plotted on the x-axis
A scale is created for the value (y) axis that is based on the highest and lowest values in the data series
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11. Formatting a Chart Axis (cont.)
Three axes are generated in three- dimensional charts; x-axis (category), z-axis (value), and y-axis (chart depth)
Z-axis usually contains the scale for the chart
Override Excel default formats for chart axes using the Format Axis dialog box
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12. Formatting a Chart Axis (cont.)
Value (z) axis
Maximum value
Minimum value
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13. Adding a Data Table to a Chart
A data table is a grid containing the chart data, attached to the bottom of a chart
Data tables are useful because they highlight the data you used to generate the chart
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14. Adding a Data Table to a Chart (cont.)
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15. Adding a Data Table to a Chart (cont.)
Creating a trendline
Trendlines graphically represent data trends
Add trendlines to data series in unstacked 2-D area, bar, column, line, stock, xy, and bubble charts
To add a trendline to a data series, select the data series, then select Add Trendline on the Chart menu
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16. Rotating a Chart
By rotating a 3-D chart, you can improve the visibility of the chart data
Adjust the rotation and/or the elevation of a 3-D chart by dragging it with the mouse or using the 3-D View command on the Chart menu
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17. Rotating a Chart (cont.)
Selection handle
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18. Enhancing a Chart with WordArt
Enhance a chart or worksheet by adding specially formatted text using the WordArt tool on the Drawing toolbar
Format WordArt using the WordArt toolbar
WordArt text is considered an object
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19. Enhancing a Chart with WordArt (cont.)
WordArt text
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20. Rotating Text
By rotating text within a cell, you can draw attention to column labels or titles without turning the text into a drawing object
Unlike WordArt, rotated text retains its worksheet entry characteristics
Sort it, spell check it, etc.
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21. Column labels rotated at 45-degree angle
Rotating Text (cont.)
Column labels rotated at 45-degree angle
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22. Rotating Text (cont.) Rotating chart labels
Rotate category labels on a chart by using the buttons on the Chart toolbar
Select the Category Axis in the Chart Objects list box, the click either the Angle Clockwise button or the Angle Counterclockwise button on the Chart toolbar
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23. Rotating Text (cont.) Using Speech Recognition
Speech recognition technology lets you enter text and issue commands by talking into a computer microphone
Is an Office feature and is set up through Word
Use the Training Wizard to teach the Speech Recognition module your voice
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24. Adding a Picture to a Chart
Enhance a chart by adding a picture to the data markers, chart area, plot area, legend, or chart walls and floors
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25. Adding a Picture to a Chart (cont.)
Picture added to the chart walls
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26. Summary Select and create custom chart types Customize data series
Format chart axes and add data tables
Rotate a chart and worksheet text
Use WordArt to enhance charts
Add pictures to charts
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