Chapter 15. Using Excel Charts

In this chapter

Understanding the Components of a Chart 300

Setting Up Your Data for Charting 301

Inserting a Chart by Choosing a Chart Type 302

Choosing a Chart Layout to Further Customize the Chart Type 307

Customizing a Chart by Using a Chart Style or Theme 308

Charting Tricks and Techniques 312

Using Pivot Charts 323

The charting engine in previous versions of Excel was antique. Nothing had changed in the past 15 years. Microsoft took a giant step forward with the charting engine for Office 2007. People who use Word, PowerPoint, and Excel will all be using the new charting engine in Office 2007.

Although the eye-candy appeal of the charts is fabulous, there are no new chart types in Excel 2007. It seems that ...

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