Is Your Data More Complex? Previous Topic

Previous Page
Next Topic

Next Page

Bar art beginning the Topic Sidebar

Your chart can show more than one level of categories. For example, you might need to show divisions within regions for your company. Or you might be creating a chart from a filtered list or from data with subtotals. Like other charts, the chart is updated when the source data changes.

Create a chart from a PivotTable   Some of your worksheet data may be in the form of a PivotTable (an interactive worksheet table that summarizes large amounts of data). You can use a PivotTable as the source data for a chart. For more information on PivotTables, see Create a Sales Summary.

Two screenshots: first shows subtotaled worksheet and inserted 3-D pie chart; second shows different set of subtotals in worksheet and the updated chart.

Bar ending the Topic Sidebar


Getting Around | Contents | Index

<< Previous Topic | < Previous Page | Next Page > | Next Topic >>

©1996 Office Getting Results Book.
©1997 Microsoft Corporation. All rights reserved. Legal Notices.