Chapter 20: Getting Started with Excel Charts
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FIGURE 20.7
A 3-D column chartBasic Steps for Creating a Chart
Creating a chart is relatively easy. The following sections describe how to create and then
customize a basic chart to best communicate your business goals.Creating the chart
Follow these general steps to create a chart using the data in Figure 20.8:- Select the data you want to use in the chart. Make sure you select the column
headers if the data has them (in this example, you would select A1:C4). Another
option is to select a single cell within a range of data. Excel then uses the entire
data range for the chart.
FIGURE 20.8
This data would make a good chart.