Microsoft Excel 2010Sparklines

By: Nooruddin Surani

Microsoft Excel 2010Sparklines

Contents of the Presentation

• Introduction• Steps to Create Sparklines in Excel 2010• Conclusion

Introduction

• Microsoft Introduced a new feature with the name of Sparklines

Introduction to Sparklines

This term was introduced by Edward Tufte, it is a small word sized graphics enable the reader to have information regarding properties of numbers which properties includes name, numeric value (representing the numeric properties of the name), dataline, acceptable ranges, images and colors & their accents also used as defined by the writer himself “data-intense, design-simple, word-sized graphics”.

Example to understand SparklinesInspired from Edward Tufte

Example to understand SparklinesInspired from Edward Tufte

Example to understand SparklinesInspired from Edward Tufte

Example to understand SparklinesInspired from Edward Tufte

Example to understand SparklinesInspired from Edward Tufte

Steps for creating Sparklines in Excel 2010 Data

Steps for creating Sparklines in Excel 2010 Data

• As you have seen in the last slide– Ticker for 9 companies– For the month of January 2010

Steps for creating Sparklines in Excel 2010 – Step 1

• Click on Insert Tab

Steps for creating Sparklines in Excel 2010 – Step 2

• Click on Sparkline / Line option in Insert Tab

Steps for creating Sparklines in Excel 2010 – Step 3

Data range are the addresses in

which original data is plotted

Location Range is where you want to

put the Sparklines to appear

Steps for creating Sparklines in Excel 2010 – Step 4

• Once you click OK Microsoft Excel will plot the Sparklines at the destination which you selected

Further more

• You can see now it is lot more easier to analyze the data and see the companies which have gained & loosed during the period.

Conclusion

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