Graphing with Excel

Graphing with Excel

• The Excel program will take data right from your spreadsheet and put it into a graph of your choice

• Done AUTOMATICALY (after a couple of steps)

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• Let’s take a survey!

Graphing with Excel

• There are a number of steps you have to take in order to transform data into a visual representation

• Step #1– Entering in your data– Let’s do that with our

food data

Graphing With Excel

• Step # 2: Selecting Data that will be graphed– Highlight all of the data and labels that

you would like included in the graph

• Step #3: Creating Your Graph– Insert Tab– Select Chart– For our data• Chose Column

– Keep it simple!• 3-D is ok• Not PYRAMIDS!

Graphing With Excel

• Step #4: Ensuring your graph is what you are looking for– Does the title make sense?– Does the graph convey the information you want

it to?– Does it look

professional?– What needs to be

changed?

Graphing With Excel

• Step #5: Customizing Your Graph– Right Click on the graph will• Let you change what data you are using • Change the type of chart

– You may click on specific parts of thegraph• X or Y Axis (Scale, Gridlines)• Title (Border, Colour, Style)• Bars/Pies (Change colour, insert data labels)

Graphing With Excel

• Design Tab– Allows you to

change the look of your graph• Colours• Data Labels• Positioning of

Axis Labels

Graphing With Excel

• Layout Tab– Insert Axis Labels– Inserting Line of Best Fit– Inserting Pictures– Inserting Borders– Many, Many More Options

Graphing With Excel

ASSIGNMENT• You are going to learn a little bit of information about your

classmates!• You will be making 3 spreadsheets and co-ordinating graphs for

– Elementary Schools (Column)– If they take part in extra-curricular activities at BCI (Pie)

• Sports Team• Club or Play within the school• Nothing

– Height (estimated) over the last 5 years of another student

• MAKE EM FANCY AND ATTRACTIVE