1. Charts and Macros Pretty Pictures

2. Charts Graphical display of information Often referred to as “Visualization” Allows a more innate grasp of numeric data. Great for “Show and Tells”

3. Chart Types Bar, Scatter Plot, Pie, Error Bar, Line, Pictographic Each type used for a kind of information. For example: Bar charts are nice for frequency counts.

4. Charts in Excel We can graph data from a sheet. Easiest if data is a range Some rows (or columns) can be values for axis, others are data.

5. Chart Parts Series Axis Plot Area Legend All of these have sub-parts.

6. Types of Charts Chart Types Types within Family

7. Data Range Where the data is located

8. Defining Axes Which series are values Which series are X axis labels

9. Specializing Details of Data Display

10. Fixing Graph Axes Information on the Y axis scale

11. Macros Records actions that you take. These actions can be replayed. Record button can be used to stop recording. These can be edited using the Visual Basic for Application editor.