Smarties Graphing in Excel 2007
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Smarties Graphing
in Excel 2007
J. Kellow
The TaskYou will be predicting the most common Smarties colour then checking your answer
and graphing the results.
You will need:1 packet of Smarties (or M&Ms/Skittles/Pebbles)
A plate or clean piece of paperComputer with Excel
Predict
Before you start you need to predict which colour is the most common.
Record your prediction
Excel
• Open Excel from the desktop shortcutOR• Go to the Start Menu – Programs – Microsoft
Office – Microsoft Excel 2007
Set up the table
Head up the next column ‘No. of Smarties’
List all the possible Smarties colours
Click in a cell to make it ’live’. ‘Enter’ to move to the next cell.
Count your Smarties
Record Results
Enter the results into the spreadsheet
Create a graphHighlight the table with the data
Click the Insert Tab
Select the type of graph e.g. Bar
Choose the chart type
Edit your graphClick on the graph and three new tabs (Design, Layout, Format) will appear under the heading Chart Tools
The graph will be inserted.
In the Design menu you can change the chart type, layout and style.
Edit your graph
In the Layout menu you can edit the chart title, data labels, axes etc.
Edit your graph
In the Format menu you can change how your graph looks – Borders, Word Art styles etc.
Change Bar ColourClick on one of the coloured bars. This will select all the bars. If you make changes now they will apply to all of the bars.
Change Bar ColourIf you only want to change the colour of one bar then you need to double click on that bar after you have selected all the bars.The bar you select will have handles (dots) in each corner.
Change Bar Colour
Right click on the bar you wish to change and select Format Data Point.
Change Bar ColourSelect Fill
Select Solid Fill
Click on the down arrow beside Colour and choose the colour you want the Close.
Legend
You can get rid of the Legend if you don’t want it by clicking on it then hitting Delete.