How to: Create a chart from a table or spreadsheet.
Solution:
Select the portion of the table or spreadsheet. Select 'Object...' from 'Insert' menu and choose 'Create New' tab. Select 'Microsoft Graph 5.0'.
NOTE: Microsoft Graph is a charting program. In Word, all or part of a table containing numbers can be converted to a chart.
To create a chart from a table:
1) Select the desired portion of the table or spreadsheet.
2) Select the 'Insert' menu and select 'Object...'. (The Object dialog box appears.)
3) Click the 'Create New' tab.
4) Select 'Microsoft Graph 5.0' from the 'Object Type' list box.
5) Click 'OK'. (The first step of ChartWizard appears.)
6) Select the desired chart from the 'Select a chart type' box.
7) Click 'Next'.
8) Select the desired format from the 'Select a format for the <chart type> chart' dialog box (where <chart type> is the name of the chart type selected in Step 8) above - Step 1 of the Wizard).
9) Click 'Next'.
10) Do one of the following, in the 'Data Series in' group:
a) To group the data in the table by row in the chart, select the 'Rows' radio button.
b) To group the data in the table by column in the chart, select the 'Columns' radio button.
11) (Optional) Do one of the following:
a) Select additional options from the list.
b) Accept the default settings that are displayed, by selecting nothing.
12) Click 'Next'.
13) Select the 'Yes' or 'No' radio button from the 'Add a Legend' group.
14) (Optional) Type a title for the chart in the 'Chart Title' box.
15) (Optional) Type titles in the 'Category (X)' box, the 'Value (Z)' box, and the 'Series (Y)' box, in the 'Axis Titles' group.
16) Click 'Finish'. (The Datasheet window and the chart become visible.)
17) Close the 'Datasheet' window.
