Microsoft Excel – Make a Chart
 
  1. Click – Microsoft Excel icon on the dock
  2. Type the category names or your “y” axis components in column A
    the number values in column B - Do not type words in column B - Numbers only.
  3. Select the first empty cell below your last number entry.
  4. Click on Insert -> Chart
  5. Select Column and the first bar chart
  6. Click Next – Data Range – Don’t do anything here
  7. Click Next again
  8. Fill in a Chart Title
    - Category for X and Value for Y
    - Add Data labels
    - Move or remove the Legend.
  9. Click Next
  10. **Click As New Sheet**
  11. Click Finish
  12. Go to View -> Formatting Palette to change the format of your chart.
  13. Double click on the column to change the color of all of the columns or single click to select one column and then double click to change the one at a time.
  14. Go to View -> Header and Footer to put your name on
  15. Click on Custom Header and type your name in one of the boxes.