Appendix D. Spreadsheet Tips

These Spreadsheet Tips complement the Spreadsheet Solutions that appear throughout this book. Use these tips about creating charts and using work-sheet statistical functions as a starting point to learn more about how to use Microsoft Excel to obtain your own customized results.

CT: Chart Tips

CT1 Arranging Data in Categorical Charts

You can sort your data to display categories in largest to smallest order. For bar charts, arrange the summary table in largest to smallest order. For pie charts, arrange the summary table in largest to smallest order in order to show largest to smallest pie slices in clockwise order.

CT2 Reformatting Charts

Right-click on chart components to reformat chart components. Use this technique ...

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