Exploring the lesson Throughout this book you have been building one skill upon another to create a report using Word 97. You can apply these skills to tasks in and out of the classroom. This chapter uses graphs that are created through Excel 97 from charts that are part of the report on the Technology Literacy Challenge from the U.S. Department of Education. Creating a data table Charts turn data into information. In building charts you analyze information, quantify it, and present it visually.
Charts make it easier to interpret and relate to data.
Creating a chart starts with a data table, which consists of the chart. Entering data into a data table On the Standard toolbar, click the Insert Microsoft Excel Worksheet button. Click and drag to create a worksheet 13 down by 9 across. It can be more efficient when you enter data to Press TAB to move across from cell to cell in the worksheet, and press Enter to move down from cell to cell. On the Standard toolbar, click the Chart Wizard button.