charts

When using excel I have found the most interesting part is making a graph of all your data. It offers line graphs, bar graphs, pie charts, scattergraphs, are charts, stock charts, doughnut charts, bubble graphs, etc. There are really alot to choose from. The best thing is that you can just highlight the data you want contained in your chart and excel will organize it for you perfectly, no more coloring your pie charts onto the paper, or taking long amounts of time to try and make it in owrd as a picture. I found this the most interesting because you can put your data into any sort of graph or chart you want, or in multiple graphs or charts to show it in different ways. There 3d options to choose from also, and you can change the colors to make it more sensible, or whetever you want to do with it. Excel 07 really makes things alot easier in this aspect of creating data in an easier viewing method. it is perfect for business personel, or even teacher, or students just trying to show their information in a more understanding way to other. You can customize your chart in a ton of ways, literally. In a bar graph you can make it 2d or 3d or a cone shapr or cylinder, in your pie chart you can make it show all of your information equaling a half of the pie, or the whole pie showing your information. You can move the pie around and change the pieces of the pie to different colors and add notes and/or captions to your chart. I found that this learning this aspect of excel will definately be the most helpful to me in the future. It is a great thing to know that it is there for you to use. first you select the cells in which there is datat you want to compare or contrast, then you choose a chart, any kind you want. Some data makes more sense to use a pie chart or a bar graph, and you can customixe your chart to show anything; previous earnings compared to present earnings compared to predicted earnings, expenses versus budget. As i said this is a great techniquie for business personel to know because it is clear and concise to what point you are trying to make with your chart.

I think it would be easier to see how you can create charts first hand through video. - Jasmine Blevins

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