This document discusses different types of charts in Microsoft Excel including bar charts, pie charts, and line charts. It provides information on how to create, format, position and move these different chart types. Specifically, it outlines the steps to create bar charts and pie charts in Excel including selecting the data, choosing a chart type, and inserting the chart. It also describes how to position, resize, change the type of, and move charts between worksheets. The document serves as a guide for using basic charting features in Excel.

1. Level one second semester
ALPHONCE F.STEPHANO ASSENGA
EXCEL CHARTS

2. What is MS excel chart?
 In Microsoft Excel, a chart is often called a graph . It is a visual
representation of data from a worksheet that can bring more
understanding to the data than just looking at the numbers.
 A chart is powerful tool that allows you to visually display data in a
variety of different chart formats such as b a r , c o l u m n , p i e
, l i n e , a r e a , D o u g h n u t , S c a t t e r , o r R a d a r c h a r t s .
CHARTS

3. What is a bar chart?
 is a graph that shows horizontal bars with the axis values for
the bars displayed on the bottom of the graph.
 It is a graphical object used to present the data in your excel
spreadsheet
Use
1. You can use bar chart when you want to compare values
across categories
2. You can use bar chart when the category text is long and
difficult to display in a column chart.
3. You can use bar chart when you want to show duration in a
graph.
BAR CHART

4. BAR CHART
Steps to create bar chart in excel 2003
1. Open a new worksheet and enter numbers in several
cells
2. Select the cells and click the charts wizard button on
the standard toolbar to start the chart wizard.
3. Select a type of chart from the chart type list
4. Select a specific chart type from the chart sub-type list
5. Click and hold the press and hold to view sample
button to preview the chart
6. Click finish to insert the chart.

5. PIE CHART
What is a pie chart?
 A pie chart is a circle that is divided into slice and each slice
represents a proportion of the whole
 It is a graphical object used to represent the data in your
excel spreadsheet that uses 1 series of data to create the
graph
Use
1. you can use pie chart when you ant to show
numbers as a proportion of the whole (ei: the
numbers equal 100%)
2. you can use pie chart when there are limited number
of pie slices. If there too many pies slices, then a pie
chart is not a recommended graph to use.

6. PIE CHART
Steps to create pie charts
1. Click and drag the range of cell through your first choice
2. Hold down the ctrl key and drag through your second
choice to compare.
3. Click the chart wizard button on the toolbar or choose
insert, chart to start the chart wizard.
4. Select the pie type from the chart type list
5. Select the 3D pie(the second subtype)
6. Click finish.

7. Positioning and resizing a chart
p o s i t i o n i n g
You can position a chart any where you want on a worksheet.
A chart includes a box around it and you can easily reposition a
chart by clicking inside the box and dragging the chart to the new
location.
Resizing a chart
Its also possible to resize a chart so that its larger or smaller, to fit
the area available for it.
The box around the include eight control points, one at each corner
and one in the middle of each side.
You click the chart to select it and then click and drag a control
point to resize the chart.

8. Changing chart type
After inserting the chart ,you might decide that a different chart type
would be better. For example say you insert a bar chart and later
decide that a pie chart will show the information more clearly .
S t e p t o c h a n g e a n e x i s t i n g c h a r t
1. Right click the chart and choose chart type or select the chart
and choose chart, chart type. The chart dialog box appears.
2. In the chart type dialog box, select the chart type and
subtype and then click OK.

9. Moving a chart to a different worksheet
One of the option in the chart wizard enables you to specify that a
chart is inserted either in the current worksheet or on a new
worksheet.
But you can move chart around after you insert it, regardless of its
location.
Steps
1. right-click the chart and choose location to open the
location dialog box
2. Choose as object in and select a worksheet if you want
the chart to appear in a particular worksheet. Or choose
as new sheet and specify a sheet name to create a sheet
and move the chart to the specified sheet.

10. Working with other chart properties.
There are lots of other properties you can change to control the way
a chart looks
Example you can use different fonts, change the chart legends, and
change the color used.
Refer to the absolute beginner’s guide to Microsoft office 2003
chapter 20 page no 330 for more ……