Excel 2007 Charts Made Easy

Excel, the top number-crunching tool, now offers a vastly improved charting function to help you give those numbers dimension and relativity. John Walkenbach, a.k.a. Mr. Spreadsheet, clearly explains all these charting features and shows you how to choose the right chart for your needs. You’ll learn to modify data within the chart, deal with missing data, format your chart, use trend lines, construct “impossible” charts, create charts from pivot tables, dress them up with graphics, and more. Note: CD-ROM/DVD and other supplementary materials are not included as part of eBook file.

In this addendum to Learn Excel from Mr. Excel, the amazing new features offered in Excel 2007 are introduced. Revealing the features that make this new version the best new release of Excel since 1997, this guide provides the necessary information to teach users to quickly unleash the powerful new features in Excel 2007, create incredible-looking charts, customize color themes to match their corporate logo, utilize data-visualization tools, and learn Pivot Table improvements.

It is easy to create a bad-looking chart in Excel, so this book teaches how to unlock the beautiful formatting options available in Excel 2007. The authors discuss themes, colors, creating metallic charts, shadows, and transparency, and show how to use the new in-cell data bar charts now available.

Laminated quick reference guide showing step-by-step instructions and shortcuts for Charts (graphs) and Table features of Microsoft Office Excel 2007. This card is suitable as an accompaniment for Intermediate level Excel training. The following topics are covered: Excel Charts: Inserting a Chart, Resizing and Moving Chart Objects, Changing Chart Type, Charting Non-Adjacent Data, Adjusting Scale, Two-Scaled Charts, Adding, Removing and Formatting: Legend, Gridlines, Data Series, Explanatory Text, Callouts, Arrows and Circles, Data Labels, Adding a Projection or Trendline to a Data Series, Setting the Default Chart, Creating the Default Chart with one Keystroke, Creating Chart Templates, Applying Custom Chart Types, Changing Chart Location (Chart Object vs. Chart Sheet). Excel Tables: Creating an Excel Table, Excel Table vs. Normal Range, Changing the Table Area, Adding New Rows or Columns to the Table, Toggle Total Row, Table Selection Shortcuts, Sorting a List, Multi-Level Sorting, Custom Sort Orders, Subtotals, Filtering a Table: AutoFilter & Advanced Filters, Creating Pivot Tables, Rearranging PivotTables, Adding/Removing PivotTable Fields, Show/Hide the PivotTable Field List, Refreshing a PivotTable, Creating a PivotChart, Changing the Summary Function, Filtering in a PivotTable, Sorting in a PivotTable, Grouping by Dates or Time. This guide is suitable as a training handout, or simply an easy to use reference guide, for any type of user.

Welcome to the only guidebook series that takes a visual approach to professional-level computer topics. Open the book and you'll discover step-by-step screen shots that demonstrate over 110 Excel data analysis techniques, including: * Identifying trends in your data * Sorting, filtering, and identifying lists * Creating, editing, and checking formulas * Calculating interest rates and depreciation * Performing simple sorts and filters * Hiding rows or columns in a PivotTable * Adding and removing chart data * Querying an Access database * Assigning digital signatures * Solving a formula with a data table "I was stuck on an Excel problem for two days. Finally, I opened one of your books, and there was a macro to accomplish exactly what I needed! You made me look good to the boss." -Rob L. Meerscheidt(The Woodlands, TX) * High-resolution screen shots demonstrate each task * Succinct explanations walk you through step by step * Two-page lessons break big topics into bite-sized modules * "Apply It" and "Extra" sidebars highlight useful tips

Extend your Excel 2007 skills—and create more-powerful and compelling charts in less time. Guided by an Excel expert, you’ll learn how to turn flat, static charts into dynamic solutions—where you can visualize and manipulate data countless ways with a simple mouse click. Get the hands-on practice and examples you need to produce your own, professional-quality results. No programming required! Maximize the impact of your ideas and data! Learn how your design decisions affect perception and comprehension Match the right chart type to your communication objective Visualize—then build—your solution using the author’s five-step approach Apply the science of color to make the right things pop Add controls—such as drop-down lists and scroll bars—without coding Use conditional formatting to dynamically highlight and analyze data Unleash your chart-making creativity—and bring numbers to life! CD includes: More than 150 sample, customizable charts for various business scenarios Helpful worksheets and job aids Bonus content and resources Fully searchable eBook For customers who purchase an ebook version of this title, instructions for downloading the CD files can be found in the ebook.