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Overview

The right chart?

Keep in mind the purpose of the chart and what information you are trying to communicate with your audience when developing a chart.

Microsoft Excel provides a graphing or charting tool to assist in displaying the raw data in a visual format.  Completed charts can be printed as handouts or incorporated into Microsoft PowerPoint presentations or into Microsoft Word documents.  Note:  the examples for this module will be based on using a simple column chart.

Completed sample chart
Completed sample chart