Excel application for accounting principles

Excel application for accounting principles

CREATING CHARTS IN EXCEL

Creating a New Chart

Before you create a chart, you need to identify the data that is to be included.

Once you’ve done that, you can then select from a wider range of chart types to set the layout and format for your chart.

Creating a New Chart

Select the data you wish to plot

Click on the Insert tab and then click on one of the chart types in the Charts group

Drag the embedded chart object to an appropriate location on the worksheet

Changing the Chart Layout

The Layout tab under Chart Tools now contains most of the commands that you would need to use to change the appearance and placement of chart elements.

Changing the Chart Layout

• Click on the chart to select it1• Click on the Design tab and

then choose Chart Layouts2• Use any of the commands to

change how elements of the chart appear3

Formatting Chart Elements

The Format tab under Chart Tools provides an extensive array of formatting options for any of the elements in a chart.

The buttons on the Format tab will change depending on what element you have selected.

Formatting Chart Elements1Select the

embedded chart

2Click on the element you

wish to change

3Use any of the buttons on the Format

tab to format the chart element

Moving the Location of a Chart

You can easily move or resize the embedded chart but, you may wish to display the chart in a separate chart sheet.

The Move Chart button can be used to move an embedded chart to a chart sheet and vice versa.

Moving the Location of a Chart

1 •Select the chart

2 •Click on the Move Chart button on the Layout tab

3 •Select an appropriate option and then click [OK]

MCQs(1) The Format tab under Chart Tools

provides an extensive array of formatting options for any of the elements in a chart.

(a) True.(b) False.(2) The Move Chart button can be used to

move an embedded chart to a chart sheet(a) True.(b) False.

(3) The Layout tab under format tools now contains most of the commands that you would need to use to change the appearance and placement of chart elements.

(a) True.(b) False.(4) When formatting chart elements, you

should first select the embedded chart.(a) True.(b) False.

(5) To change the chart layout, you can click on data tab.

(a) True.(b) False.(6) You should select the data you wish to

plot first to Create a New Chart (a) True.(b) False.

(7) To move the location of a Chart, ......... Should be used

(a) Data tab.(b) Layout tab.(c) Design tab.(d) Insert tab.(8) .......... tab can be used to create a new chart.(a) Data tab.(b) Layout tab.(c) Design tab.(d) Insert tab.

(9) When changing the Chart Layout, ........ Will be used

(a) Data tab.(b) Layout tab.(c) Design tab.(d) Insert tab.(10) When performing all the tasks related to chart,

you should select the embedded chart first except when .............

(a) Changing the chart layout.(b) Moving the chart.(c) Formatting Chart Elements(d) Creating a new chart.