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UNIT-4 ELECTRONIC SPREADSHEET
5 CREATE AND INSERT DIFFERENT
TYPES OF CHARTS IN A SPREADSHEET
Charts in a spreadsheet help show data in a simple, visual way, making it easier to understand. You can create
different types of charts, like bar, line, or pie charts, based on what you want to show. For example, if you are
tracking your weekly sales, you can use a bar chart to show how much you earned each day. If you want to
compare the percentage of sales for different products, a pie chart would be helpful.
CHARTS AND GRAPHS
In the spreadsheet package, there are additional features that help to represent information in the form of
charts and graphs. It is a graphical representation of data from a sheet that is very useful for instant analysis
of data and decision-making. There are various options of charts that can be used to display in LibreOffice
Calc in graphical format.
Advantages of Charts
Following are the advantages of charts:
Charts are visually appealing and it makes it easy for the users to compare and understand the information.
It helps to forecast the trends on the basis of comparisons done.
Types of Charts
Following are the types of charts:
Chart Type Example
Line Chart: Line chart is used to view information
that is shown by lines at equal intervals. It depicts the
change in data over a period of time.
Column Chart: A column chart represents the data
over a period of time in columns. Each column rises
from X-axis and indicates the value of a data. The
measurement values are shown vertically as Y-axis.
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