Thread: Inserting the Data Charts

Charts are a great and easy way to represent your data in a' graphical manner. It makes it simple and easy to understand complicated data. It also adds a nice touch of co:lor to your documents.

If you are working on a business report or an academic paper, you will certainly need to add a chart in your report to show data like yearly accounts, attendance and other factual data.

Here is how you can add data charts into your documents:

o Place the cursor where you want to insert the chart.

o Under the "Insert" tab, click the "Chart" button.

o You are provided with a standard bar diagram with random values.

o Change the bar titles by changing the text in the first row of the datasheet.



o Change the captions in the legend by changing the text in the first column of the datasheet.

o Double click the row name to disable it. It will be taken out from the chart.

o Create a new title or legend entry by entering a new entry in a new column or row.

NOTE: You can change the font of the legend or category text by clicking on the textbox and choosing the font you want to apply from the "Font"• dropdown menu.

o When you are done with entering the data and changing the captions and legends, click anywhere outside the datasheet.

NOTE: You can choose different ways to represent your data other than bar diagrams. Simply select the type of chart you want to represent your data in from the "Chart Type" dropdown menu located on the toolbar that appears on the top of
the window.