Great charts recommended for you

Great charts recommended for you

Cells C5 through D11 contain data with two columns: Year and Conference attendance.
Go to any cell in the table between cells C5 and D11, for example go to cell C6. Press CTRL+G, type C6, then press Enter.
1 to enter The Insert Charts tab above the ribbon. Press R to bring up Recommended Charts options.
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Several recommendations will appear. Press Tab to enter the list and use the arrow keys to find an option called Clustered Colum
A column chart appears showing conference attendance for each year. Use the arrow keys to move the chart anywhere you'd lik
2 a trendline. Select the chart you just created, and press ALT+JC to enter the Chart Tools Design tab above the ribb
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Dive down for more detail: Go to A27. Or, to proceed to the next step, press CTRL+PAGE DOWN.

Horizontal and vertical axes

Horizontal and vertical axes

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Secondary axis

Secondary axis
You can also use a secondary axis in a chart. A secondary axis is an additional value axis that can show different values than the o
A popular example is in the chart on the right starting in cell D52. It's the same as the chart above, but it has an additional secon
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A popular example is on the right. It's the same as the chart above, but it has an additional
secondary vertical axis that represents the sales amounts for each month. Some would say
that by having a secondary axis, you almost have “two charts in one.” That’s true. This chart is
both a column chart and a line chart. These kind of charts are called
If you’re interested in this kind of chart, click the link at the bottom of this sheet.

More information on the web

Create a chart from start to finish
Create a combo chart with a secondary axis
Available chart types in Office
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 Great charts recommended for you
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• The x-axis along the bottom is called the horizontal axis.
• The y-axis that runs up and down is called the vertical axis. Vertical axis
(Value axis)
Each axis can either be a value axis or a category axis.
value axis represents numerical values. For example, a value axis can represent dollars,
hours, duration, temperature, and so on. The vertical axis on the right is a value axis.
category axis represents things like dates, people names, product names. The horizontal
axis on the right has years: 2012, 2013, and so on, so this is a category axis.
 Secondary axis
u can also use a secondary axis in a chart. A secondary axis is an additional value axis that can show different values than the other value axis.
opular example is in the chart on the right starting in cell D52. It's the same as the chart above, but it has an additional secondary vertical axi
s D67 through F73 contain data with three columns: Date, Conference attendance, and Food sales. Food Sales column contains data that sup
You can also use a secondary axis in a chart. A secondary axis is an additional value axis that
can for
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thedifferent values than the other value axis.
next instruction.

A popular example is on the right. It's the same as the chart above, but it has an additional
secondary vertical axis that represents the sales amounts for each month. Some would say
that by having a secondary axis, you almost have “two charts in one.” That’s true. This chart is
both a column chart and a line chart. These kind of charts are called Combo charts in Excel.
If you’re interested in this kind of chart, click the link at the bottom of this sheet.

re information on the web

ate a chart from start to finish
ate a combo chart with a secondary axis Next step
ailable chart types in Office
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2013 800
2014 1000
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2015 900
2016 1000 1200
2017 1200
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1/15/2012 500 $5,000
1/15/2013 800 $11,200 Data that
1/15/2014 1000 $30,000 supports the
1/15/2015 900 $25,000 secondary axis
1/15/2016 1000 $5,000
1/15/2017 1200 $8,000

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above, and then click Insert > Recommended
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then click Combo at the bottom. On the right,
click the Secondary Axis checkbox for Food
sales.
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t and a line chart. These kind of charts are called Combo charts in Excel. If you’re interested in this kind of chart, select the hyperlink in cell A7
, select the hyperlink in cell A70.