Creating a Chart Quickly
To present your Excel data graphically, select the cells you want to summarize, click the Insert tab, and then use the controls in the chart gallery to select the chart type thatâs best for your data and the message you want to get across. The cells with the data to be represented in the chart are part of one or more data series. A series is a collection of related data, such as all sales for a particular product or the sales for each day of a month. A bar chart could contain just one series; a line chart, which might display monthly sales for several years, could have many series.
Creating attractive charts is much easier in Excel 2007 than in previous versions of the program. Not only can you create the chart quickly ...
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