Wednesday, June 17, 2015

Scatter Diagrams from any two columns in Excel 2010

In Excel 2010 to plot a scatter diagram out of two columns that appear in any position and any order follow this steps:

  1. Click on an empty cell; select Menu | Insert | Scatter | Select first
  2. Right click on the chart area: click “Select Data” | Add legend entries (series) | Pick X and Y values | Pick a name for the series for example “Comparison of size and rental cost of apartments” or in general “Comparison of X and Y" | click OK
  3. From "Chart Tools | Design | Chart Layout" pick the first one (layout 1) which adds the axis labels
  4. Remove the label on the right which contains the name of the series. This is redundant as the title already states the same
  5. Click on each axis title labels to select it, then click again inside it to change it to the real name of Y and X

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