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11. Creating Charts and Graphics
Chapter at a Glance
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In this chapter, you will learn to: | |
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Create charts. |
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Customize the appearance of charts. |
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Find trends in your data. |
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Create dynamic charts using PivotCharts. |
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Create diagrams by using SmartArt. |
When you enter data into a Microsoft® Office Excel® 2007 worksheet, you create a record of important events, whether they are individual sales, sales for an hour of a day, or the price of a product. What a list of values in cells can’t communicate easily, however, is the overall trends in the data. The best way to communicate trends in a large collection of data is by creating a chart, which summarizes data visually.
