Graphing in Excel: Beyond Basics Presented by Dale Roenigk, UNC School of Government, at Summer 2013 NCLGBA Conference, July 10, 2013

1. Data
Visualization
in Excel
Style/Design
Learning Design
Eye Candy vs Communication
Keys
Understanding Visual Perception
Data Ink / Total Ink
Selecting the Right Chart
Developing Your Design Sense
Look for Examples
Kyd Swipe Files
Design Sense
in Excel
Styles
Colors
Organizational "Branding"
Creating new templates
Copying graph formats
Resources
Show Me the Numbers , by Stephen Few
www.perceptualedge.com
www.exceluser.com
Products
Swipe Files
www.excelcharts.com
Types of Graphs
type of graph to select
Avoid 3d
Pie, sometimes
Bar/Column
Line
Scatter/Bubble
dot plot
box plot
Trellis
Specialty
Waterfall
Gauges
Zones
Gantt
Resources
www.trellisplots.com
www.excelusser.com
www.peltiertech.com/Excel/Charts/ChartIndex.html
Excel Charts , by John Walkenbach
google search of excel charting
Sparkcharts
or Minicharts
Excel
Databars
Color Scales HeatMaps
Icons
Sparklines
Miniature Charts Not sparklines
Outside
Sparklines for Excel Many options
Resources
www.sparklines-excel.blogspot.com/
Sparklines for Excel
freeware
www.spreadsheetml.com/products.html
TinyGraphs
freeware
www.peltiertech.com/WordPress/poor-mans-sparklines-in-excel/
File of
Alternate
Graphs
Email roenigk@sog.unc.edu
Subject Line Graph Examples
Graphing in Excel.mmap - 7/5/2013 - Dale Roenigk, School of Government