Excel Column Chart Step by Step Tutorial

By Ted French, About.com Guide

Selecting a Column Chart Type

Note: For help with these instructions, see the image example above.

1. Click on the Insert ribbon tab.
   
   
2. Click on a chart category to open the drop down list of available chart types.
   
   (Hovering your mouse pointer over a chart type will bring up a description of the chart type).
   
   
3. Click on a chart type to select it.

For this tutorial

1. Choose Insert > Column > 3-d Clustered Column.
   
   
2. A basic column chart is created and placed on your worksheet. The following pages cover formatting this chart to match the column chart shown in Step 1 of this tutorial.

Previous

• Create a Column Chart in Excel
• Entering the Chart Data
• Select the Column Chart Data
• Selecting a Column Chart Type
• The Basic Column Chart
• Formatting the Column Chart - 1
• Formatting the Column Chart - 2
• Formatting the Column Chart - 3
• Column Chart Tutorial Data

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