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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.
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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.
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.
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.
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.
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.