∗ One of the world′s best–known Excel experts shows how to master the charting features in Excel 2000 and 2002 to create compelling graphic representations of data ∗ Covers basic and advanced features, focusing on the new charting featuresprovided in version 2002 ∗ Explains how to select charts for different categories of data, modify data in a chart, deal with missing data, format charts, customize shapes, and give charts a professional look
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"...a unique, accessible book that conveys a lot of powerful thoughts which can be turned into a great success through careful application..." (M2 Best Books, 26 February 2003)
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Everything you need to know about ∗ Creating and formatting high–impact charts for business, science, and education ∗ Selecting the correct chart for your data ∗ Customizing your charts with pictures, graphics, and shapes ∗ Understanding the tricks of the trade that enable you to create "impossible" charts ∗ Creating easy–to–use interactive charts ∗ Using VBA to create and modify charts "Mr. Spreadsheet" Presents the Only Definitive Guide to Excel Charts If you thought you knew all that Excel can do, think again! In this comprehensive volume, "Mr. Spreadsheet" John Walkenbach begins by explaining Excel′s built–in charting basics and goes on to help you master trendlines, AutoShapes, pivot charts, and dozens of other capabilities in both Excel 2000 and 2002. Using his expert techniques as well as his exclusive Power Utility Pak and JWalk Chart Tools, included on the bonus CD–ROM, you′ll produce polished, professional charts that demand attention. While Excel books abound, this is the only one devoted solely to the benefits and features of Excel′s charting capacity. "I was astonished by how much I learned from this book – it′s a must–read for anyone who wants to explore the full range of Excel charts" –Jon M. Peltier, Microsoft Excel MVP CD–ROM Includes ∗ Code, scripts, examples, and all sample charts from the book ∗ JWalk Chart Tools, an add–in created by the author that comprises six useful chart–related utilities ∗ Trial version of the author′s award–winning Power Utility Pak 5 System Requirements: PC running Windows 98 or later. Microsoft Excel. See the "What′s on the CD" Appendix for details and complete system requirements.
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17 of 17 people found the following review helpful
By P. Joyce
Format:Paperback
Despite the book being squarely aimed at one particular part of Excel, the book still manages to weigh in at 552 pages - not bad for a single topic within Excel. I would think that the majority of users will need to use some form of charting in their Excel work at some point, so if you need to delve beyond the basic chart wizard, this book gives you everything you need, and more...
It's divided into three parts;
Part I - Chart Basics
This introduces charts, helps you to understand different chart types, series, how to format and customise charts, add trend lines and error bars, and add basic shapes and graphics to your charts to add a little something. Ideal for the beginner, the book even takes you through the chart wizard step by step, and contains an exhaustive description of all basic operations.
Part II - Mastering Charts
Need more than just the basic stuff? This, along with Part III, drew me to the book. This section covers interactive charts, techniques and tricks, pivot charts, exporting charts to other applications, avoiding common mistakes, and some fun chart uses.
Part III - Using VBA with Charts
This part of the book provides a brief overview of VBA, it's programming concepts, and lots of examples of how to work with charts using VBA.
It may not be as useful as one of the 1000+ page behemoths that Walkenbach has released previously, but if you want to know all there is to know about charting under Excel, you'd be hard pressed to find a better source of reference. I always wanted to know lots about charting under Excel, but until this book came along, nothing quite hit the mark.
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By Dr. M
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Great book. Well written and easy to read. Lots of clever tricks that you would just never think of. I have found it to be a very useful book.
It is worth mentioning that his other books cover a lot of the information in this book and his other books are fantastic! (Excel 2003 Formulas & Excel 2003 Power Programming with VBA)
It is worth mentioning that his other books cover a lot of the information in this book and his other books are fantastic! (Excel 2003 Formulas & Excel 2003 Power Programming with VBA)
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18 Dec 2002
By Antonios Giannakas
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If your objective is to master the Charting feature of Excel, I bet that this book will exceed your expectations. Although most the material is advanced every user could benefit (The first Chapter offers a nice introduction to Excel Charts for novices).
Knowledge of formulas and named formulas is necessary for certain examples in the second part of the book. You will be amazed of how many ways there are to customize and improve your charts, you will do things that you never thought possible in Excel. Excel's help file and other books in Excel will never give you the tricks and the work-arounds that you will learn from Walkenbach's book. Some of the most interesting Chart Techniques are :
How to create combination Charts, how to Add a secondary axis,
How to put several Charts on the same Chart Sheet. Scrolling
charts, Self Expanding Charts. Adding Checkboxes to charts. Box
plot and How to plot Mathematical Functions in Excel.
I am sure that you will find many many more useful techniques.
Knowledge of formulas and named formulas is necessary for certain examples in the second part of the book. You will be amazed of how many ways there are to customize and improve your charts, you will do things that you never thought possible in Excel. Excel's help file and other books in Excel will never give you the tricks and the work-arounds that you will learn from Walkenbach's book. Some of the most interesting Chart Techniques are :
How to create combination Charts, how to Add a secondary axis,
How to put several Charts on the same Chart Sheet. Scrolling
charts, Self Expanding Charts. Adding Checkboxes to charts. Box
plot and How to plot Mathematical Functions in Excel.
I am sure that you will find many many more useful techniques.
71 of 81 people found the following review helpful
1.0 out of 5 stars
Errors, errors
19 May 2003
By johare
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Format:Paperback
This book allots much space to stuff you find everywhere - what is a pivot table, for example - and on matters of conjecture and taste -does a pie chart "accurately" portray the data, for example. This space could be put to better use.
The section most interesting to me is Chapter 7 (30 pages) - Creating Interactive Charts. Unfortunately, there are errors. Some are only annoying, for example, on p. 213 telling us to enter Sheet1!Dates when the correct entry is =Sheet1!Date (plural is a typo, and no equals sign means no success). Simple errors, but I didn't like trial and error to discover the correct entry.
Other errors are tougher to fix, as on p. 228 where we are told to enter =N(OFFSET(Dates,(ROW(OFFSET($A$1 ... etc)) (I haven't filled in all the line). This procedure doesn't work at all, and an explanation of how it is supposed to work is "beyond the scope of the book". In trying to fix it, I found my own interactive graph that plots every N'th point and automatically adjusts to fit the selected data. Is a thank you in order?
What can you do? Walkenbach explains (p. 327) that changes to a pivot table chart that cause updating mean that all formatting is reverted to default. He also explains that pivot-table xy-charts are not possible, and that efforts to get around this basically are trouble. This may be the most useful part of this book: it tells you what can't be done.
Bottom Line: This book is padded and contains errors that consume much time.
The section most interesting to me is Chapter 7 (30 pages) - Creating Interactive Charts. Unfortunately, there are errors. Some are only annoying, for example, on p. 213 telling us to enter Sheet1!Dates when the correct entry is =Sheet1!Date (plural is a typo, and no equals sign means no success). Simple errors, but I didn't like trial and error to discover the correct entry.
Other errors are tougher to fix, as on p. 228 where we are told to enter =N(OFFSET(Dates,(ROW(OFFSET($A$1 ... etc)) (I haven't filled in all the line). This procedure doesn't work at all, and an explanation of how it is supposed to work is "beyond the scope of the book". In trying to fix it, I found my own interactive graph that plots every N'th point and automatically adjusts to fit the selected data. Is a thank you in order?
What can you do? Walkenbach explains (p. 327) that changes to a pivot table chart that cause updating mean that all formatting is reverted to default. He also explains that pivot-table xy-charts are not possible, and that efforts to get around this basically are trouble. This may be the most useful part of this book: it tells you what can't be done.
Bottom Line: This book is padded and contains errors that consume much time.
3 of 3 people found the following review helpful
5.0 out of 5 stars
Stuff I Never Knew
23 Oct 2007
By C. Elser
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Format:Paperback|Amazon Verified Purchase
I've been using Excel to create charts for 20 years and thought I knew a lot about creating and modifying charts. I'm only on Chapter 4 and I've already learned a handful of very helpful hints and tips -- and this is just the chapters that cover the basics. I was planning to skip those chapters because I thought they wouldn't cover anything new. Instead I'm glad I didn't as there are a number of shortcuts I would have never known about. There are great examples and the CD lets you try out the options as they are discussed in the book.
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