Learn everything about Charts with Excel 2013
Create Interactive Advanced Excel Charts, Pivot Charts and Dashboards - with Microsoft Excel 2013 + Free Excel Templates
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1. Excel: Master Excel and convert Data
into powerful Charts
Learn Microsoft Excel's charting
tools and data visualization
techniques and create Professional
Dynamic Excel Charts
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3. SECTION 1 : Welcome to Excel Charts
What is a chart?
A chart is a visual representation of numeric values.
Charts offers you at-a-glance views that allows you to specify relationships
between data values.
With a chart you can easily spot trends and patterns
4. We will learn some of the most useful chart types
We will learn the most important elements of a chart like:
Chart and plot area
Special elements of 3D charts
Legends and Gridlines
Getting to Know the Elements and Types of a Chart
SECTION 2 : The Basics of an Excel Chart
5. How can we choose the right type of chart?
Which type of chart is ideal for specific type of data?
The feature of Live Preview
How to select the right Chart for your Data?
SECTION 2 : The Basics of an Excel Chart
6. Using the keyboard and different methods to create a quick
chart
Quick Analysis tool
The new feature of Excel 2013: Recommended Charts
Select Data and Create a Chart with various ways
SECTION 2 : The Basics of an Excel Chart
7. Although a chart floats above your
worksheet data, it may reposition itself
automatically whenever you resize a
row or column beneath it.
You can prevent these random changes
by adjusting the chart's properties.
You can also use Excel's worksheet
protection feature to prevent others
from accidentally moving the chart to
another part of the document.
Prevent a Chart from Moving and Sizing with Cells on the Worksheet
SECTION 3 : Modifying our chart visually
8. Three (3) ways to resize a chart
Different ways to move a chart
Three ways to resize a Chart and move it to any location
SECTION 3 : Modifying our chart visually
9. How to change a default chart
The secrets of chart templates
Choosing a Chart Type, Chart Templates and Live Preview
SECTION 3 : Modifying our chart visually
10. The right way for filling gaps
Three (3) methods to solve the problem of empty cells
How to link data with the graph and how to fill the gaps of a chart
SECTION 3 : Modifying our chart visually
11. How to change colors?
What are Themes?
Using Design Tab to change colors
Paintbrush-Chart style tool
Change the Layout or Style of a Chart
SECTION 3 : Modifying our chart visually
12. Quick Layout feature
Orientation of a chart
Add Chart Elements button
Select Layouts and learn to modify all the elements of a chart
SECTION 4 : Options and Elements of a chart
13. Different ways to add chart titles
Modifying a title
Chart Titles and how to link them with a cell
SECTION 4 : Options and Elements of a chart
14. Dynamic labels in Excel are labels
that change according to the data
you're viewing. We can interactively
change the labeling of data.
A common use for dynamic labels is
labeling interactive charts.
How to use dynamic labels and titles and make your chart interactive
SECTION 4 : Options and Elements of a chart
15. Axes and their usefulness in a chart
Change the scaling of an axis
Axis and hours
Create a secondary axis
Learn Chart Axes in depth and add a Secondary Axis
SECTION 4 : Options and Elements of a chart
16. What are Drop lines?
Statistical trendlines
Moving averages
Error bars
How to use Statistics with Line Chart and choosing the best trendline
SECTION 4 : Options and Elements of a chart
17. Data labels
Explain Format Data Labels dialog box
All about gridlines
Displaying Data - Custom Axis Labels and Gridlines
SECTION 4 : Options and Elements of a chart
18. Two (2) basic ways to add new data in chart
Using combo charts
Updating and adding new data in Chart with keyboard and mouse
SECTION 5 : Chart’s data source - Updating Charts
19. How to link our data properly
Link a legend
Add new Data to an existing Chart, from different worksheets
SECTION 5 : Chart’s data source - Updating Charts
20. Using pictures instead of colors
How to create a fantastic pictograph
using the online-loyalty free photos
button
Use Pictures in Chart and how to create a Pictograph
SECTION 6 : Using Text, Pictures, Shapes and Effects
21. Saving a chart as a picture and
creating picture effects, three
dimensional (3D) rotation and
other settings
Unlinking a Chart and saving it as a picture - Static charts
SECTION 6 : Using Text, Pictures, Shapes and Effects
22. Learn to use a not so famous but fantastic tool
Create a live picture of an entire range
Useful for making dashboards
Excel’s Camera Tool and how we can use it
SECTION 6 : Using Text, Pictures, Shapes and Effects
23. • Camera tool is useful when we create Dashboards
• There are 3 basic ways to enhance your dashboards.
• 1) It’s very easy to resize and move the picture of a chart and test different layouts
• 2) Sometimes we need to rotate a vertical chart to a horizontal orientation. When the live
picture of the chart is created , all you have to do is rotate the picture using the rotate
handle.
• 3) If you want small charts, the picture of the chart allows you to achieve small chart sizes
and keeps the pixel ratios intact.
Camera tool and 3 basic ways to enhance your Dashboard
SECTION 6 : Using Text, Pictures, Shapes and Effects
24. Various ways to add shapes to a
chart
How to use shape effects (like
shadow, glow and 3D rotation)
Using Shapes and Effects to make prettier Charts
SECTION 6 : Using Text, Pictures, Shapes and Effects
25. Add text anywhere in the chart
Choosing the correct wordart
style to create an impressive
title
Using Text and Wordart fancy Styles in a Chart
SECTION 6 : Using Text, Pictures, Shapes and Effects
26. Sparklines are small, simple charts that
are easy to make, easy to understand,
and small enough to fit in a single cell
alongside your data.
Learn everything about sparklines and
why they are useful for dashboards.
What are Sparklines?
SECTION 7 : Sparklines and Mini Graphs that Make Data Analysis Fun
27. An in-cell chart is useful because
it can instantly provide trending
details.
Learn how to make an instant,
in-cell bar graph.
In-cell charting techniques using REPT function
SECTION 7 : Sparklines and Mini Graphs that Make Data Analysis Fun
28. Column Chart - the most widely used chart type
SECTION 8 : Basic Excel Chart Types
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SECTION 8 : Basic Excel Chart Types
30. Line Chart (show me the trend!)
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SECTION 8 : Basic Excel Chart Types
31. Pie Chart - show proportions to a whole
3D pie
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SECTION 8 : Basic Excel Chart Types
32. Doughnut Chart - a pie chart displaying more than one data series
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SECTION 8 : Basic Excel Chart Types
33. Area Chart - useful for time periods
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SECTION 8 : Basic Excel Chart Types
34. Scatter (XY) Chart - ideal for scientific, statistical or engineering data
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36. Stock Chart - ideal for stocks or temperatures
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SECTION 8 : Basic Excel Chart Types
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SECTION 8 : Basic Excel Chart Types
38. Gantt Chart - for project
management applications
Gantt charts make it easy to
visualize project management
timelines by transforming task
names, start dates, durations,
and end dates into cascading
horizontal bar charts.
SECTION 9 : Advanced Excel Chart Types (Gantt chart,
Speedometer-Gauge chart and more)
39. Speedometer (Gauge)
Charts: learn how to
create and use them in
Dashboards
In this lecture we will create
an amazing workable
speedometer or gauge
graph.
Speedometers are often
used in professional
dashboard and provide
key performance
informations about
current indicators.
SECTION 9 : Advanced Excel Chart Types (Gantt chart,
Speedometer-Gauge chart and more)
40. Pareto Chart or the 80-20 chart - for
business analysis
A Pareto chart combines a column
chart and a line graph. The Pareto
principle states that, for many
events, roughly 80% of the effects
come from 20% of the causes.
SECTION 9 : Advanced Excel Chart Types (Gantt chart,
Speedometer-Gauge chart and more)
41. Waterfall (or Bridge) charts - Use them
and make awesome sales analysis
An Excel Waterfall chart shows the
cumulative effect of positive and
negative amounts, based on a starting
value.
SECTION 9 : Advanced Excel Chart Types (Gantt chart,
Speedometer-Gauge chart and more)
42. Bullet chart - a variation of a
thermometer chart
Found in many dashboards, the bullet
graph serves as a replacement for
dashboard gauges and meters.
SECTION 9 : Advanced Excel Chart Types (Gantt chart,
Speedometer-Gauge chart and more)
43. Combo Chart - a combination
of different chart types
A combination chart is a chart
that combines two or more
chart types in a single chart.
SECTION 9 : Advanced Excel Chart Types (Gantt chart,
Speedometer-Gauge chart and more)
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44. Dynamic Charts and a taste of Dashboards
SECTION 9 : Advanced Excel Chart Types (Gantt chart,
Speedometer-Gauge chart and more)
45. How new data become automatically part of the chart
Using OFFSET function to create a dynamic chart
Create a Dynamic Chart using Tables
SECTION 10 : Dynamic Charts - Learn how to create
Interactive Excel Charts
46. If you cannot use data tables, you can use OFFSET formula to
make dynamic ranges for chart data
Create a Dynamic Chart using OFFSET Function
SECTION 10 : Dynamic Charts - Learn how to create
Interactive Excel Charts
47. Dynamic Charts using Data Filters
Did you know that your charts will
dynamically adjust as you filter
the underlying data? Learn how
in this lecture.
SECTION 10 : Dynamic Charts - Learn how to create
Interactive Excel Charts
48. Create an Interactive Chart using
Form Controls, like scroll bar
Here is a dynamic way of presenting
the information, for example
month by month, based on your
projections. A pretty effective way
of presenting the information
using form controls.
Learn all the steps to create a
powerful dynamic chart and the
usefuleness for the dashboards.
SECTION 10 : Dynamic Charts - Learn how to create
Interactive Excel Charts
49. Create a Histogram in Excel using Frequency Distribution
A Histogram is a chart that displays frequency data.
Learn in this lecture to create a Histogram, showing specific data organized into breakpoints
and using the function frequency properly.
SECTION 10 : Dynamic Charts - Learn how to create
Interactive Excel Charts
50. How to dynamically change chart
data using INDEX function
Learn how to create awesome
dynamic charts with INDEX
function
SECTION 10 : Dynamic Charts - Learn how to create
Interactive Excel Charts
51. The anatomy of a Pivot Table
Pivot tables allow you to manipulate
report output for ad hoc and
interactive analysis.
The Pivot table is composed of the
following areas:
• Filters
• Rows
• Columns
• values
Learn how to create a Pivot Table easy.
SECTION 11 : Pivot Tables and Pivot Charts
52. How to create a Pivot Charts using
different methods
A PivotChart can help you make sense
of this data. While a PivotChart shows
data series, categories, and chart axes
the same way a standard chart does,
it also gives you interactive filtering
controls right on the chart so you can
quickly analyze a subset of your data.
Learn the two main methods to create
a Pivot Chart.
SECTION 11 : Pivot Tables and Pivot Charts
53. Modifying Pivot Chart and how to use Slicers to filter data
Slicers provide buttons that you can click to filter PivotTable data. In addition to quick
filtering, slicers also indicate the current filtering state, which makes it easy to
understand what exactly is shown in a filtered PivotTable report.
Learn how to present Pivot Charts in an interactive way using Slicers and various ways to
modify a Pivot Chart.
SECTION 11 : Pivot Tables and Pivot Charts
54. Changing the format of a Pivot Chart
and the role of field buttons
You can filter the data in a pivot chart
directly using field buttons.
How can we change the colors,
elements and layout of a chart? Also
learn an easy way to filter the data
inside the chart, using field buttons.
SECTION 11 : Pivot Tables and Pivot Charts
55. Analyze Facebook Ad
Reports with Excel Pivot
Tables and Charts
An easy way to analyze
Facebook Ad Reports with
Excel Pivot Tables and
Charts
SECTION 11 : Pivot Tables and Pivot Charts
56. Dashboards: Design
principles and 10 golden
rules
Dashboards can be powerful
tools in communicating
your organization's
important measurement
data at a glance.
Here are 10 golden rules
SECTION 12 : Excel Dashboards for Business using
Pivot Charts and Pivot Tables
57. How to create a Dashboard -
part: 1
SECTION 12 : Excel Dashboards for Business using
Pivot Charts and Pivot Tables
58. How to create a Dashboard -
part: 2
SECTION 12 : Excel Dashboards for Business using
Pivot Charts and Pivot Tables
59. How to create a Dashboard -
part: 3
SECTION 12 : Excel Dashboards for Business using
Pivot Charts and Pivot Tables
60. Linking charts with Word and Powerpoint
SECTION 13 : The finishing touch –
sharing and printing our chart