How To Make

Graphs in
Microsoft Excel
2007

Outline
Making Bar Graphs
Making Scatter Plots 1 series
Making Scatter Plots Multiple Series

Making Bar Graphs

Type in your data

Select Insert Graph

(Scatter Plot)

1. Select Insert
tab
2. Select Scatter
-You may choose
to have points
connected by
curved or
straight lines

Insert Graph
Once you select your type of graph,
you will get a box that will likely be
empty but may have a graph
depending on what you had selected
prior to inserting the graph

Select Your Data

1. Select the graph

area
2. Click on the
design tab under
chart tools
3. Click on select
data
Graph
area

Select Your Data

1. Click on Add
series*
* If any data was previously selected, select that
series and click remove

Type in Series Name

Select x-axis data for

series 1

Do not select
the title, just
your data points

Select y-axis data for

series 1

1. Once series 1 is added,

you will return to the
previous box, click Add to
add another series

Add Series 2 Type series

name

Select x-axis data for

series 2

Note how the xaxis is the same for

this and all series
of this graph

Select y-axis data for

series 2

1. Once series 2 is added,

you will return to the
previous box, click Add to
add another series

Add series 3 Type series

name

Select x-axis data for

series 3

Select y-axis data for

series 3

1. Once series 3 is added,

you will return to the
previous box, click Add to
add another series

Add series 4 Type series

name

Select x-axis data for

series 4

Select y-axis data for

series 4

Once you have

added all series
click ok and the
Select Data
Source box will
close.

Add a title to your graph

Under the Layout

tab in Chart tools,
select Chart Title
and then Above
Chart

Add a title to your graph

A title box, like the

one shown here, will
appear above your
graph

Type in your title

Label the x-axis

Under the Layout

tab in Chart tools,
select Axis Titles,
then Primary
Horizontal Axis Title
and Title Below Axis

Label the x-axis

A title box, like the

one shown here, will
appear below the xaxis

Label the x-axis

Type in your x-axis

title

Label the y-axis

Under the Layout

tab in Chart tools,
select Axis Titles,
then Primary Vertical
Axis Title and
Rotated Title

Label the y-axis

A title box, like the

one shown here, will
appear next to the yaxis

Label the y-axis

Type in your y-axis

title

And you are done!!!

To copy your graph into a word
document, right click on the graph
and select Copy. In your word
document, right click on the blank
page and select Paste