CHAPTER 3
Excel
More Skills 12 Create Line Charts 䉴
A line chart displays trends over time. Time is displayed along the bottom axis, and the data point values are connected with a line.
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To allow you to compare more than one set of values, each group of values is connected by a different line. The curves and directions of the lines emphasize trends over time.
To complete this workbook, you will need the following file: 䊏 e03_Growth You will save your workbook as: 䊏 Lastname_Firstname_e03_Growth 1.
Start Excel. From your student data files, open e03_Growth. Save the workbook in your Excel Chapter 3 folder as Lastname_Firstname_e03_Growth
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Add the file name in the worksheet’s left footer, and then return to Normal view.
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Select the range A4:F7. On the Insert tab, in the Charts group, click the Line button. From the Chart gallery, under 2-D Line, click the first chart in the second row— Line with Markers.
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On the Design tab, in the Location group, click the Move Chart button. In the displayed Move Chart dialog box, select the New Sheet option button, replace the text with Growth Chart and then click OK. On the Insert tab, in the Text group, click the Header & Footer button. In the Page Setup dialog box, click the Custom Footer button. Click the Insert File Name button , and then click OK two times. Compare your screen with Figure 1. Excel considers the dates in row 4 to be numbers and will plot row 4, the Estimated Growth Rate. This chart line displays along the horizontal axis on the bottom of the chart.
Row 4 plotted Chart displays on chart sheet Figure 1
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On the Design tab, in the Data group, click the Select Data button. On the left side of the Select Data Source dialog box, under Legend Entries (Series), click Estimated Growth Rate, and then click the Remove button. The Estimated Growth Rate data series no longer displays at the bottom of the chart.
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On the right side of the Select Data Source dialog box, under Horizontal (Category) Axis Labels, click the Edit button. Click the Population Growth sheet tab to display the source data, and then select the range B4:F4. In the Axis Labels dialog box, click OK. Verify that under Horizontal (Category) Axis Labels, the years display as the category labels. Click OK, and then compare your screen with Figure 2.
Row 4 no longer plotted Years display as labels Figure 2
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On the Design tab, in the Chart Layouts group, click the More button , and then click Layout 10. In the Chart Styles group, click the More button , and then click Style 35.
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At the top of the chart, click the Chart Title, type Aspen Falls Growth Estimates and then press J.
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At the left side of the chart, click the vertical Axis Title, type Population and then press J. Right-click the vertical Axis Title, and then on the Mini toolbar, change the Font Size to 12.
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At the bottom of the chart, click the horizontal Axis Title, type Years and then press J. Right-click the horizontal Axis Title, and then on the Mini toolbar, change the Font Size to 12.
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On the Layout tab, in the Current Selection group, click the Chart Element arrow, and then click Chart Area. In the Current Selection group, click the Format Selection button. In the Format Chart Area dialog box, under Fill, select the Gradient fill option button. Under Gradient stops, click the Stop 1 of 3 button, and then compare your screen with Figure 3.
Chart Element arrow Gradient fill option button
Stop 1 of 3 button Color button
Figure 3
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Click the Color button, and then click the fifth color in the first row—Turquoise, Accent 1.
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Click the Stop 2 of 3 button, click the Color button, and then click the fifth color in the third row—Turquoise, Accent 1, Lighter 60%. Close the dialog box, and then compare your screen with Figure 4.
Gradient fill color
Figure 4
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Save the workbook. Print or submit the file as directed by your instructor. Exit Excel. 䊏
You have completed More Skills 12
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