MS-Excel / General Formatting

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Insert Chart

1. Select the data you want to plot in the chart.
2. Choose Insert> Charts, and then select the arrow beneath the chart style you want: Excel can create many different chart types; each compares data in a different manner.
   
   
   
   Some of the most commonly used chart types include the following:
   
   Column:
   Column charts compare values to categories using a series of vertical columns to illustrate the series.
   
   
   
   Bar:
   Bar charts, like column charts, compare values to categories, but use a series of horizontal bars to illustrate the series.
   
   
   
   Line:
   Line charts are similar to bar charts but use dots to represent the data points and lines to connect the data points.
   
   
   
   Pie:
   This chart compares parts to a whole. Usually a pie chart only has one data series.
   
   
   
   Area:
   Area charts display the trend of each value, usually over a specified period of time.
   
   
   
   X-Y Scatter:
   These charts include two value axes, one showing a set of numerical data along the x-axis and the other showing data along the y-axis.
   
   
   
   Surface:
   Shows trends in values in a continuous curve.
   
   
   
   Doughnut:
   Displays data similarly to a pie chart; it compares parts to a whole, but contains multiple series.
   
   
   
   Stock:
   Stock charts are usually (but not exclusively) used to illustrate the fluctuation of stock prices. In a stock chart, the data order is very important and usually the row headings are High, Low, and Close; or Open, High, Low, and Close.
   
   
   
   Radar:
   Displays changes in values relative to a center point by comparing the cumulative values of multiple data series.
   
   
   
   Bubble:
   These charts are similar to scatter charts, but compare three sets of values by displaying a series of circles.
   
   
   
   Cylinder, Cone, and Pyramid:
   Excel uses these three chart types to create a column or bar chart using three-dimensional cylindrical, conical, or pyramid shapes.
   
   
   
   
3. Choose a chart subtype. Depending on the chart type, some chart subtypes show the data series next to each other; others show the data elements stacked on top of each other. Some charts are two-dimensional, and others are three-dimensional. Excel creates the chart on the worksheet where your data resides.
   
   

How you can change the chart location to its own sheet. But just in case you don't like your changes, make sure to save your worksheet, which also saves your chart, before modifying chart attributes.