LESSON 6Working with Charts

Each chart type has its own collection of sub-types that provide various alternate formats for the selected chart type.

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In Excel, visual representations of workbook data are referred to as charts.

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Column, bar, graph, line, and pie are all types of Excel graphs.

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A chart placed on a separate sheet from its originating worksheet is called an embedded chart.

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The Chart Wizard automatically includes the cell range when generating a chart from a worksheet.

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When creating an Excel, chart, first activate the Chart Wizard, and then select the cells containing the data that the chart will display.

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Small black squares, called pull handles, appear on the boundaries of a selected chart.

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If you change data in a worksheet, the data in its corresponding chart also changes.

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Once you create a chart, you cannot change its type.

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To make a chart bigger, click and drag its axis.

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A chart placed in the same worksheet with its corresponding data is known as a(n) _____ chart.

Pie Data

Embedded

Exce

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1. Pie2. Data3. Embedded4. Excel

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To create an Excel chart, the first step is to _____.

Click t

he Chart Wiza

rd b...

Select

the cells

that conta..

Identify

the X-axis of th

e...

Decide if

you wan

t to use..

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1. Click the Chart Wizard button

2. Select the cells that contain the data you want to appear in the chart

3. Identify the X-axis of the chart

4. Decide if you want to use a legend with your chart

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To change a pie chart from 2-D to 3-D, _____.

Click F

ile, a

nd then cl

ick ...

Click t

he Change Dimens..

.

Click t

he Change Chart Ty..

You must

recreate th

e c...

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1. Click File, and then click Edit Chart

2. Click the Change Dimension button on the Chart toolbar

3. Click the Change Chart Type button

4. You must recreate the chart using the Chart Wizard

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When more than one data series exists in a chart, a(n) _____ helps identify which data markers represents each data series.

Map

Legend

Key

Archieve

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Which of the following chart types would be your best choice if you want to show how each individual item is related to the whole?

Bar Pie Lin

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Column

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Which of the following chart types would be your best choice if you wanted to compare the quantity of each of six types of bikes sold over a year?

Bar Pie Lin

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column

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1. Bar2. Pie3. Line4. column

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Which of the following is not a tab that appears when the Chart Tools contextual tab is displayed.

Design

Data

Layout

Form

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To change the size of an existing chart, go to the _____ tab on the Chart Tools contextual tab.

Design

Form

at

Layout

Page Layo

ut

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1. Design2. Format3. Layout4. Page Layout

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In the Labels group on the Layout tab, you can create _____.

A title fo

r the verti

cal a

xis

A title fo

r the horiz

ontal ...

A chart

title

All of t

he above

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1. A title for the vertical axis

2. A title for the horizontal axis

3. A chart title4. All of the above

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A major reason for placing a chart on a separate worksheet is _____.

So th

at the ch

art can ob...

So th

at there is

less cro

...

To make

it easie

r for E

xce...

So th

at yo

u can apply

fu...

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1. So that the chart can obtain data from several worksheets

2. So that there is less crowding on the worksheet

3. To make it easier for Excel to perform the needed calculations

4. So that you can apply functions to the chart

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To move a chart to another sheet, choose _____.

Layout>Properti

es>Mov...

Home>Cells>Insert

Sheet

Design>Type>Change

Ch...

Design>Lo

cation>Move ...

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1. Layout>Properties>Move Chart

2. Home>Cells>Insert Sheet

3. Design>Type>Change Chart Type

4. Design>Location>Move Chart

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To create a bar chart, select the range of data and click the Bar button on the _____ tab.

Home In

sert

Form

ulas Data

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If a chart has the name of a city below each of its tem columns, and below these cit names is the label “Cities”, this label is an example of a _____.

Chart title

Vertica

l axis ti

tle

Horizontal a

xis title

Form

atting t

ool

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1. Chart title2. Vertical axis title3. Horizontal axis

title4. Formatting tool

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What button would you click to create a pie chart?

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1. 2. 3. 4.

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The following is an example of a _____ chart.

Column Lin

e Pie Bar

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