
IN THIS INTRODUCTION
Introduc tion
Using Excel as Your Charting Canvas . . . . . . . . .3
This Book’s Objectives . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .4
Next Steps . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .6
A good chart should both explain and arouse
curiosity. A chart can summarize thousands of data
points into a single picture. The arrangement of a
chart should explain the underlying data but also
enable the reader to isolate trouble spots worthy of
further analysis.
Excel makes it easy to create charts. But although
the improvements in Excel 2007 allow you to create
a chart with only a few mouse clicks, it still takes
thought to ...