{"id":86,"date":"2017-07-06T17:08:52","date_gmt":"2017-07-06T17:08:52","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/courses.lumenlearning.com\/atd-tc3-spreadsheets\/?post_type=chapter&#038;p=86"},"modified":"2017-07-06T18:20:44","modified_gmt":"2017-07-06T18:20:44","slug":"information-for-spreadsheet-charts","status":"publish","type":"chapter","link":"https:\/\/courses.lumenlearning.com\/atd-tc3-spreadsheets\/chapter\/information-for-spreadsheet-charts\/","title":{"raw":"Information for Spreadsheet Charts","rendered":"Information for Spreadsheet Charts"},"content":{"raw":"<h3>Information for Spreadsheet Charts<\/h3>\r\nCharts help express data in a table. Before creating a chart, consider the following:\r\n\r\n1. Purpose of the chart \u2013 what information do you want to emphasize.\r\n\r\n2. Results to display \u2013 which chart is appropriate.\r\n\r\n3. Determine what data to illustrate in the chart \u2013 sometimes there is a need to select great quantity of data and other times just a small amount. Different chart types display in distinctive ways.\r\n\r\n4. Understand of elements of a chart \u2013 (See 3-D cluster chart elements on page 2 for an explanation of terms for axis, legend, data labels, etc..)\r\n<h3>Types of Charts<\/h3>\r\n<img class=\"alignnone  wp-image-87\" src=\"https:\/\/s3-us-west-2.amazonaws.com\/courses-images\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2159\/2017\/07\/06170600\/Screen-Shot-2017-07-06-at-10.05.46-AM-300x125.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"965\" height=\"402\" \/>\r\n<h3>3D Cluster Chart \u2013 Chart Elements<\/h3>\r\n<img class=\"alignnone  wp-image-88\" src=\"https:\/\/s3-us-west-2.amazonaws.com\/courses-images\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2159\/2017\/07\/06170726\/Screen-Shot-2017-07-06-at-10.07.07-AM-300x156.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"610\" height=\"317\" \/>\r\n<h3>Adjustable Chart Elements<\/h3>\r\n(Found by clicking on Chart Tools, Design, Chart Layout Group)\r\n\r\n<img class=\"alignnone  wp-image-89\" src=\"https:\/\/s3-us-west-2.amazonaws.com\/courses-images\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2159\/2017\/07\/06170812\/Screen-Shot-2017-07-06-at-10.07.58-AM-300x229.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"574\" height=\"438\" \/>","rendered":"<h3>Information for Spreadsheet Charts<\/h3>\n<p>Charts help express data in a table. Before creating a chart, consider the following:<\/p>\n<p>1. Purpose of the chart \u2013 what information do you want to emphasize.<\/p>\n<p>2. Results to display \u2013 which chart is appropriate.<\/p>\n<p>3. Determine what data to illustrate in the chart \u2013 sometimes there is a need to select great quantity of data and other times just a small amount. Different chart types display in distinctive ways.<\/p>\n<p>4. Understand of elements of a chart \u2013 (See 3-D cluster chart elements on page 2 for an explanation of terms for axis, legend, data labels, etc..)<\/p>\n<h3>Types of Charts<\/h3>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone  wp-image-87\" src=\"https:\/\/s3-us-west-2.amazonaws.com\/courses-images\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2159\/2017\/07\/06170600\/Screen-Shot-2017-07-06-at-10.05.46-AM-300x125.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"965\" height=\"402\" \/><\/p>\n<h3>3D Cluster Chart \u2013 Chart Elements<\/h3>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone  wp-image-88\" src=\"https:\/\/s3-us-west-2.amazonaws.com\/courses-images\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2159\/2017\/07\/06170726\/Screen-Shot-2017-07-06-at-10.07.07-AM-300x156.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"610\" height=\"317\" \/><\/p>\n<h3>Adjustable Chart Elements<\/h3>\n<p>(Found by clicking on Chart Tools, Design, Chart Layout Group)<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone  wp-image-89\" src=\"https:\/\/s3-us-west-2.amazonaws.com\/courses-images\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2159\/2017\/07\/06170812\/Screen-Shot-2017-07-06-at-10.07.58-AM-300x229.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"574\" height=\"438\" \/><\/p>\n\n\t\t\t <section class=\"citations-section\" role=\"contentinfo\">\n\t\t\t <h3>Candela Citations<\/h3>\n\t\t\t\t\t <div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t <div id=\"citation-list-86\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t <div class=\"licensing\"><div class=\"license-attribution-dropdown-subheading\">CC licensed content, Original<\/div><ul class=\"citation-list\"><li>Information For Spreadsheet Charts. <strong>Authored by<\/strong>: Fran Wells. <strong>License<\/strong>: <em><a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"license\" href=\"https:\/\/creativecommons.org\/licenses\/by\/4.0\/\">CC BY: Attribution<\/a><\/em><\/li><\/ul><\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t <\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t <\/div>\n\t\t\t <\/section>","protected":false},"author":23590,"menu_order":2,"template":"","meta":{"_candela_citation":"[{\"type\":\"original\",\"description\":\"Information For Spreadsheet Charts\",\"author\":\"Fran Wells\",\"organization\":\"\",\"url\":\"\",\"project\":\"\",\"license\":\"cc-by\",\"license_terms\":\"\"}]","CANDELA_OUTCOMES_GUID":"","pb_show_title":"on","pb_short_title":"","pb_subtitle":"","pb_authors":[],"pb_section_license":""},"chapter-type":[],"contributor":[],"license":[],"class_list":["post-86","chapter","type-chapter","status-publish","hentry"],"part":146,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/courses.lumenlearning.com\/atd-tc3-spreadsheets\/wp-json\/pressbooks\/v2\/chapters\/86","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/courses.lumenlearning.com\/atd-tc3-spreadsheets\/wp-json\/pressbooks\/v2\/chapters"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/courses.lumenlearning.com\/atd-tc3-spreadsheets\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/chapter"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/courses.lumenlearning.com\/atd-tc3-spreadsheets\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/23590"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/courses.lumenlearning.com\/atd-tc3-spreadsheets\/wp-json\/pressbooks\/v2\/chapters\/86\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":90,"href":"https:\/\/courses.lumenlearning.com\/atd-tc3-spreadsheets\/wp-json\/pressbooks\/v2\/chapters\/86\/revisions\/90"}],"part":[{"href":"https:\/\/courses.lumenlearning.com\/atd-tc3-spreadsheets\/wp-json\/pressbooks\/v2\/parts\/146"}],"metadata":[{"href":"https:\/\/courses.lumenlearning.com\/atd-tc3-spreadsheets\/wp-json\/pressbooks\/v2\/chapters\/86\/metadata\/"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/courses.lumenlearning.com\/atd-tc3-spreadsheets\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=86"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"chapter-type","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/courses.lumenlearning.com\/atd-tc3-spreadsheets\/wp-json\/pressbooks\/v2\/chapter-type?post=86"},{"taxonomy":"contributor","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/courses.lumenlearning.com\/atd-tc3-spreadsheets\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/contributor?post=86"},{"taxonomy":"license","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/courses.lumenlearning.com\/atd-tc3-spreadsheets\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/license?post=86"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}