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Following Are The Charts in Microsoft Excel: Pie Chart

The document summarizes different types of charts in Microsoft Excel, including pie charts, column charts, line charts, bar charts, area charts, and scatter charts. It provides examples of each chart type and discusses when each is most effective and how to customize options like using 2D vs 3D formats, markers, stacked vs clustered data. Key details covered include comparing single vs multiple data series, displaying trends over time, and addressing issues like overlapping data points.

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Following Are The Charts in Microsoft Excel: Pie Chart

The document summarizes different types of charts in Microsoft Excel, including pie charts, column charts, line charts, bar charts, area charts, and scatter charts. It provides examples of each chart type and discusses when each is most effective and how to customize options like using 2D vs 3D formats, markers, stacked vs clustered data. Key details covered include comparing single vs multiple data series, displaying trends over time, and addressing issues like overlapping data points.

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Following are the Charts in

Microsoft Excel
Pie Chart:
A Pie Chart can only display one series of data. A data series is a row or
column of numbers used for charting. Excel uses the series identifier
(column or row heading) as the chart title (e.g. Flowers) and displays the
values for that series as proportional slices of a pie. If we had selected
multiple series of data, Excel would ignore all but the first series. In the
worksheet below, we have outlined in red a single data series in a
spreadsheet.

There are sub-types of the Pie Chart available. The second chart below
is the Pie Chart in 3-D and the third chart is an Exploded Pie Chart; an
Exploded Pie in 3-D is also available.

Column Chart:
The Column Chart very effectively shows the comparison of one or more
series of data points. But the Clustered Column Chart is especially
useful in comparing multiple data series.
In the first chart image, we plotted the data points in all three series:
Flowers, Shrubs, and Trees. Because Excel uses a different color for
each data series, we can easily see how a single series, Flowers for
example, changes over time. But because the columns are "clustered,"
we can also compare the three data series for each time period.

In a Column Chart, the vertical axis (Y-axis) always displays numeric


values, and the horizontal axis (X-axis) displays time or other category.
And by default, Excel will always plot the category (row or column
heading) that contains the most entries on the horizontal axis (X-axis).

Line Chart:

The Line Chart is especially effective in displaying trends. In a Line


Chart, the vertical axis (Y-axis) always displays numeric values and the
horizontal axis (X-axis) displays time or other category.
We selected the Line with Markers chart for our single series chart at
left. You may choose each Line Chart type with or without markers.
Markers are circles, squares, triangles, or other shapes which mark the
data points. Excel displays a unique marker - different shape and/or
color - for each data series.

The Line Chart is equally effective in displaying trends for multiple series
as shown in our chart at right. As you will notice, each line is a different
color. This image shows a Line Chart without markers.

Though not as colorful as the other charts, it is easy to see how effective
the Line Chart in showing a trend for a single series, and comparing
trends for multiple series of data values.

Bar Chart:
The Bar Chart is like a Column Chart lying on its side. The horizontal
axis of a Bar Chart contains the numeric values. The first chart below is
the Bar Chart for our single series, Flowers.

When to use a Bar Chart versus a Column Chart depends on the type of
data and user preference. Sometimes it is worth the time to create both
charts and compare the results. However, Bar Charts do tend to display
and compare a large number of series better than the other chart types.
All of the Bar Charts are available in 2-D and 3-D formats, but only the
bars are 3-D. There is no 3-D Bar chart containing three axes.

Area Chart:
Area Charts are like Line Charts except that the area below the plot line
is solid. And like Line Charts, Area Charts are used primarily to show
trends over time or other category.

The chart at left is an Area Chart for our single series.

There are three charts available: the Area Chart, the Stacked Area
Chart, and the 100% Stacked Area Chart. Each of these charts come in
2-D format and in true 3-D format with X, Y, and Z axes.
The chart at right is our 3-D Area Chart, and effectively displays our
three series.

In many cases, the 2-D version of the Area Chart can be ineffective in
displaying multiple series of data meaningfully. Series with lesser values
may be completely hidden behind series with greater values - as
demonstrated in the first chart below. Flowers is totally hidden, and just a
wee bit of Trees peaks through. Not a very effective chart!

This problem does not occur in the Stacked Area Chart (shown below) or
the 100% Stacked Area Chart.

Scatter Chart:
The purpose of a Scatter Chart is to observe how the values of two
series compares over time or wit other category.

Take a look at our two sample Scatter Charts below. The first chart is a
Scatter Chart with Only Markers, and the second chart is a Scatter Chart
with Smooth Lines.

In general, markers work well when the number of data points is small,
and smooth lines without markers are often used when the number of
data points is large. But it is best to try the different sub-types to see
which one best presents your data.

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