Excel 2007 Just the Steps for Dummies

Just the steps you need to create spreadsheets, charts, and more Simple steps... ...for great results Create a Basic Chart 1.Select the data (sequential or nonsequential) you want to plot in the chart. See Figure 11-1 for an example of sequential data selected for a chart. 2.Press the F11 key. Excel immediately adds a new sheet called Chart 1 to your workbook with the data plotted into a column chart. Figure 11-2 shows you the various elements that can make up a chart Some newer keyboards use a different function for the F11 key. If your F11 key does not produce a chart, use the Insert tab as explained in the next section. Title: A descriptive name for the overall chart. By default, titles are not added in a basic chart. X or Category axis: Column or row headings from your selected data, which Excel uses for Category axis names. X Axis Title: A descriptive name for the Category axis. By default, a category label is not added in a basic chart. Get ready to Enter data into a spreadsheet Build formulas and functions Format cells and add graphics Sort and analyzedata Create charts andPivotTables Blend Excel intoPowerPointKoers, Diane is the author of 'Excel 2007 Just the Steps for Dummies', published 2007 under ISBN 9780470039212 and ISBN 0470039213.