In Module 6, you learn about Microsoft Excel 2013. Chapter 1 covers creating an Excel workbook including entering data and navigating. Chapter 2 deals with performing calculations. In Chapter 3, you use formatting tools to add visual appeal. In Chapter 4, you learn about working with charts and graphs.
The Chocolate Museum has a number of exhibits, including one that shows how much cocoa is produced in various countries. You prepare a pie chart and a column chart to illustrate these production levels by country. You apply a theme, add a style, and change the formatting to enhance the appearance of the charts. You also add descriptive titles so that the reader can easily understand the data represented in the charts.
The example of a pie chart in this slide, Visitors, illustrates that out of all the visitors to The Chocolate Museum, 18% are from the local area, 64% are out-of-town visitors, and 18% are international visitors.
You can use a bar chart or a column chart to compare differences between values. The examples of a bar chart (left) and a column chart (right) in this slide compare the total number of Chocolate Museum visitors by calendar year.
The example of a line chart in this slide, Visitors by Month, shows how the number of monthly visitors to The Chocolate Museum varied through the years 2014 and 2015.
This chapter helps you understand the parts of a chart, including the parts labeled in the examples in this slide and the next slide.
This chapter helps you understand the parts of a chart, including the parts labeled in the examples in this slide and the previous slide.
If you have a lot of numbers in a worksheet, a chart can simplify your understanding of the data by showing it in a visual arrangement. When you represent the data in a chart, you can easily show patterns or trends in the data. You can create a variety of chart types in Excel, including pie, bar, and line charts.
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In this skill, you create a line chart. The line chart uses two series of data from the worksheet. One data series charts the cocoa bean production for several cocoa-producing countries for the fiscal year 2011/12 and the other data series charts that production for the fiscal year 2012/13. Once you create the line chart, you move and size the chart.
If you are not sure which type of chart to use, click the Recommended Charts button in the Charts group to see if Excel can help.
Hover the mouse pointer over a chart option to display the name of the chart.
While you drag, the two-headed diagonal arrow displays as a cross. When you release the mouse pointer, the cross turns back into the two-headed diagonal arrow.
In the line chart, the names of the countries that produce the cocoa are listed along the horizontal axis, and the cocoa bean production amounts are listed along the vertical axis. In a line chart, the chart legend tells you which line belongs to which category of data.
This option automatically adjusts the size of the chart to fill the worksheet page.
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When you select a chart, colored boxes appear around the data that you used to create the chart. Different colored boxes appear around the different parts of the chart. For example, the data series used to create the chart has a blue box around it. If you change a number in the data series or add another row to the data series, the chart automatically updates because it is linked to the worksheet data. In this skill, you practice editing chart data by removing a row from the chart data and then inserting a row with new data.
Another Way: Click the Chart Filters button and then click to clear the a check box.
Another Way: Press the Tab key rather than the Right Arrow key.
The illustration in this illustration displays the blue selection box for the chart data range.
The chart updates automatically, and the data is no longer included on the chart.
Sometimes when you create a chart, the data and labels do not appear just the way you would like.
You can also edit chart data by clicking the Chart Filters button and then checking or unchecking data you do not want displayed.
You might want to save a separate copy of the file you used in Skill 2 and experiment with these editing tools.
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In this skill, you create a column chart. Column charts compare differences between values over time.
The illustration in this slide shows the options available in the Insert Column Chart button drop-down list.
The column chart you create shows how the cocoa production in each country increased or decreased between the 2011/12 and the 2012/13 fiscal years.
Bar charts, like column charts, can clearly show differences in charted values.
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You can add and edit labels on a chart to make its elements easier to understand. When you create a chart, Excel adds some labels automatically, based on the data you selected to create the chart. You can edit these labels and add other labels using options on the CHART TOOLS DESIGN tab. For example, you can add individual data labels to show the quantity that a single column or pie slice represents. You can also edit the chart title and add x- and y-axis labels.
You may want to use axis titles to describe what the numbers and labels along each axis represent. To add titles to the vertical or horizontal axis, click the Chart Elements button (looks like a plus sign), click Axis Titles, and then click the right-pointing arrow to see your options.
You can place data labels in various places, such as the outside end of the data point, inside end of the data point, or centered on the data point. For some chart types, you can also select a Best Fit option that places the data labels where Excel determines they fit best in the chart.
The illustration in this slide displays options available in the Add Chart Element button drop-down list.
To hide a chart element, such as a chart title or legend, click the Chart Elements button next to the chart and then click to clear the element check box. Also use the Chart Elements button to add, delete, or change chart elements.
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In this skill, you create a pie chart. A pie chart is a circular chart that is divided into parts. Each part represents a percentage of the total quantity. The pie chart you create represents the total amount of cocoa production for four countries. The pie is divided into four parts, one for each country’s cocoa production. The size of each piece represents how much of the total cocoa production comes from that country.
A pie chart can contain only one data series.
The illustration in this slide displays the options available in the Insert Pie or Doughnut Chart button drop-down list.
After clicking CHARTS, hover over a chart type button to see how the selected data will appear in the chart.
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You can rotate a pie chart and explode a slice away from the rest of the pie chart.
Another Way: Type a value such as 220 in the Angle of first slice text box and press Enter.
You can add data labels to a chart. By default, these will display as numbers without any special formatting, such as 1011. However, the data labels in pie charts typically display as a percentage, such as 80%. In this skill, you learn to display data labels as percentages.
An exploded slice, as illustrated in this slide, sits outside the circle of the pie, to call attention to the content or data it represents.
When you create a chart, the theme applied to the workbook file determines the chart colors.
Chart styles change the chart color, and they may also change the chart background color and apply other effects.
When the slices in a pie chart or the lines in a line chart have different colors, how do you know what the colors represent? You look at the chart legend.
You can click More Legend Options to open the Format Legend pane with more options.
You can choose None to remove the legend if you think the reader can easily understand the chart without it.
For example, if you want the legend under the title and percentage data labels on a pie chart, click Layout 2.
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The table in this slide, which continues on the next slide, lists the tasks covered in this chapter.
The table in this slide, which continues from the previous slide, lists the tasks covered in this chapter.
