Excel 2007

Graphs & Charts

TYPES OF CHARTS• Column

• Bar

• Pie

• Line

INSERTING CHARTS

INSERTING CHARTS• Open the Charts.xls workbook

• Select the cell range A3:C7

• Select the Insert Tab

• Click on the Column Chart icon

INSERTING CHARTS• Step 1:

– List of standard types• Chart type box• Chart sub-type

– Choose 3-D type

INSERTING CHARTS

New Tabs

WORKING WITH CHARTS

WORKING WITH CHARTS

WORKING WITH CHARTS

WORKING WITH CHARTS

CHART AREAS

Chart Title

Legend

Plot Area

Chart Area

Resize handles

CUSTOMIZING CHARTSUsing Chart Layout

CHART LAYOUT RIBBON

• Chart Elements – select for formatting• Labels Group – format & options for

chart/axis titles, legends, data labels, data table

• Axes – position of axes & gridlines• Background – changes the colour of the plot

area & 3D rotation

Exercises• Open ‘charts2.xls’• Select A3:C7• Insert a BAR chart• Save as ‘charts3.xlsx’

• Open ‘charts4.xls’• Select A3:C7• Insert a LINE chart• Save as ‘charts5.xlsx’

• Open ‘charts6.xls’• Select A3:B7• Insert a PIE chart• Save as ‘charts7.xlsx’