The document discusses different types of charts, including column, line, and pie charts, and how to create and format charts in Microsoft Excel. It explains how to select and format data in a table, then insert a chart and choose a chart type to visualize the data. Key parts of charts like the title, legend, and axes are also outlined.

1. CHARTS By Piers

2. TODAY YOU WILL LEARN…
 How to create Charts
 How to Format a Chart
 Different Kinds of Chart
 When to Use them

3. COLUMN CHART
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2
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8
Mon Tue Wed Thu Fri
Fruit sold this week
Apples Pears
Good for comparing sales

4. LINE CHART
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Fruit sold this week
Apples Pears
Good for showing trends

5. PIE CHART
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21%
29%
7%
29%
Apples sold this week
Mon Tue Wed Thu Fri
Good for percentages

6. THERE ARE MANY CHARTS…
 Scatter
 Line
 Bar
 Area
 Surface
 Radar

7. PARTS OF A CHART
Chart title
Plot area
Gridlines
Axis
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Mon Tue Wed Thu Fri
Fruit sold this week
Apples Pears

8. PARTS OF A CHART
Chart area
Data Labels
Data Series
Legend
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21%
29%
7%
29%
Apples sold this week
Mon Tue Wed Thu Fri

9. HOW TO CREATE A
CHART…
1) Open Microsoft Excel

10. 2) CREATE A TABLE LIKE
THIS…
Two items is enough…

11. Several cells merged
together
Labels on the left and directly above
3) FORMAT
IT…

12. SALES FIGURES BETWEEN 1 AND
10…

13. TO FORMAT…
1. Left click to select
2. Right click to open the
menu
3. Select “Format…”

14. TO CREATE A
CHART…
Highlight the data…

15. CLICK THE “INSERT” TAB…

16. CHOOSE A CHART…