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                  Changing Chart Design

                  MS Excel 2010 has some in-built chart styles. These styles are listed in the Chart Layouts group
                  of the Design tab. You can select the chart and click on any of these layouts to change the

                  design of your chart.

                  You can also change the colour scheme of the bars of your chart. Select a scheme from Chart
                  Styles group under the Design tab. A 3-D effect can also be applied to the chart using these
                  Chart Styles. 2-D and 3-D chart styles may look like these.




















                                     2-D chart style                                   3-D chart style

                     Recap


                           Charts make it easier to draw comparisons, analyse growth and relationship among
                         the values.
                           Components of a chart are chart title, X-axis, Y-axis, plot area, data series, data labels,
                         gridlines, legend and chart area.

                           MS Excel provides a variety of chart  formats such as Bar, Column, Pie, Line, Area,
                         Doughnut, Scatter, Surface, or Radar.
                          MS Excel provides various tools to improve the appearance of a chart.



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