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Open or Navigate to Excel window
Open Microsoft Excel or switch to the active Excel window on your taskbar to begin editing your worksheet.
How to create charts in Excel
Learn how to insert and customize a column chart in Microsoft Excel. This step-by-step guide will walk you through selecting your data, inserting a chart, and applying a styled theme to visually enhance your presentation.
Operations
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Select the data you want to include in the chart
Highlight the cell range or data set you want to visualize in your spreadsheet.
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Click the Insert tab
Click the Insert tab in the top ribbon to access options for adding elements to your spreadsheet.
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Go to chart panel
In the Charts section, choose a chart type: Column/Bar — compare categories. Line — show changes over time. Pie — show parts of a whole. Scatter — show relationships between two numerical variables
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Select the 3-D Stacked Column option
Click the second icon under the 3-D Column heading in the chart menu to apply this chart style.
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Click the chart style you want.
Click the chart style you want. Excel will insert the chart automatically
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