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When you use this method, Excel opens the Insert Chart dialog box with the Recommended Charts tab selected similar to the one shown in Figure 1-2. Here, you can preview how the selected worksheet data will appear in differ- ent types of charts simply by clicking its thumbnail in the list box on the left. When you find the type of chart you want to create, you then simply click the OK button to have it embedded into the current worksheet.
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Figure 1-2:
Insert Chart dialog box with the Recom- mended Charts tab selected.
Inserting specific chart types from the Ribbon
To the right of the Recommended Charts button in the Charts group of the Ribbon’s Insert tab, you find particular command buttons with galleries for creating the following particular types and styles of charts:
✦ Insert Column Chart to preview your data as a 2-D or 3-D vertical column chart
✦ Insert Bar Chart to preview your data as a 2-D or 3-D horizontal bar chart
✦ Insert Stock, Surface or Radar Chart to preview your data as a 2-D stock chart (using typical stock symbols), 2-D or 3-D surface chart, or 3-D radar chart
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Charting Worksheet Data