INTRODUCTION TO EXCEL AND IT;S CHARTS

1. MS EXCEL
BY
GOVIND GUPTA
ROLL NO.- 11

2. • MS Excel is a commonly used
Microsoft Office application. It is a
spreadsheet program which is used
to save and analyse numerical
data.
• MS Excel is a spreadsheet program
where one can record data in the
form of tables. It is easy to analyse
data in an Excel spreadsheet.

3. • Easy To Store Data: Since there is no limit to the amount of information that can be saved in a
spreadsheet, MS Excel is widely used to save data or to analyse data. Filtering information in Excel is
easy and convenient.
• Easy To Recover Data: If the information is written on a piece of paper, finding it may take longer,
however, this is not the case with excel spreadsheets. Finding and recovering data is easy.
• Application of Mathematical Formulas: Doing calculations has become easier and less time-
taking with the formulas option in MS excel
• More Secure: These spreadsheets can be password secured in a laptop or personal computer and
the probability of losing them is way lesser in comparison to data written in registers or piece of paper..
• Neater and Clearer Visibility of Information: When the data is saved in the form of a table,
analysing it becomes easier. Thus, information is a spreadsheet that is more readable and
understandable.

5. • ADDITION : IT CAN BE
PERFORMED USING
‘=SUM()’ COMMAND
• WE CAN ALSO
DIRECTLY CHOOSE THE
CELLS AS SHOWN

6. • SUBTRACTION: IT CAN
BE PERFORMED USING
‘=’COMMAND AND
DIRECTLY CHOOSING
CELLS THAT NEED TO
BE SUBTRACTED.

7. • A chart is a tool you can
use in Excel to
communicate data
graphically. Charts allow
your audience to see the
meaning behind the
numbers, and they make
showing comparisons and
trends much easier.

8. • TO INSERT
CHART ,GOTO
‘INSERT’ AND
CHOOSE FROM
MANY CHARTS
OPTIONS.

9. • The Recommended
Charts command on the
Insert tab helps you to
create a chart that is just
right for your data.

10. Excel offers the following major chart
types −
• Column Chart
• Line Chart
• Pie Chart
• Doughnut Chart
• Bar Chart
• Area Chart
• XY (Scatter) Chart
• Bubble Chart

11. • Click the Chart Elements Chart Elements icon.
A list of available elements will be displayed.
• The following chart elements are available −
• Axes
• Axis titles
• Chart titles
• Data labels
• Data table
• Error bars
• Gridlines
• Legend
• Trendline

12. • Step 1 − Click on the chart.
• Step 2 − Click the Chart Elements
Chart Elements icon.
• Step 3 − From the list, select Axes
Titles. Axes titles appear for
horizontal, vertical and depth axes.
• Step 4 − Click the Axis Title on the
chart and modify the axes titles to
give meaningful names to the data
they represent.

13. • Step 1 − Click on the
chart. Three buttons
appear at the upper-right
corner of the chart.
• Step 2 − Click the Chart
Styles and Colors Chart
Styles icon. STYLE and
COLOR will be displayed.

14. • On the Ribbon, click
Change Colors. The color
schemes appear in the
drop-down list. These are
the same as that appear in
Change Styles → COLOR.

15. • CLICK ON YOUR CHART
AND SELECT THE
DESIGN MENU FROM
THE NEWLY APPEARED
OPTIONS.IN THE IMAGE
,YOU CAN SEE
SEVERAL CHART
STYLES.

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