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Basic Categorical Pie Chart Question
Dear Friends:
I have a basic categorical data set which is based on expense categories for a personal budget for my students: E 10.00 T 30.00 C 80.00 O 40.00 F 20.00 E 10.00 I would like for them to highligh their data and make a pie chart so that same categories are lumped together. In the data set above, the "E" category should total $20, but when I insert the pie chart in the spreadsheet, it separates them as two different "E"s. If I am able to ask Excel to group same categories together and total, then I would like for the category labels and percentages to show on the chart. A legend would be nice, too. Could you please tell me how to make Excel pool the same categories together for the pie chart? If you have time to explain how to make the labels appear, I would greatly appreciate that as well. Thank you so much! Sincerely, Michael |
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Basic Categorical Pie Chart Question
Pivot Table & Pivot Chart sounds like the easiest option.
-- David Biddulph "Mr. Werth" wrote in message ... Dear Friends: I have a basic categorical data set which is based on expense categories for a personal budget for my students: E 10.00 T 30.00 C 80.00 O 40.00 F 20.00 E 10.00 I would like for them to highligh their data and make a pie chart so that same categories are lumped together. In the data set above, the "E" category should total $20, but when I insert the pie chart in the spreadsheet, it separates them as two different "E"s. If I am able to ask Excel to group same categories together and total, then I would like for the category labels and percentages to show on the chart. A legend would be nice, too. Could you please tell me how to make Excel pool the same categories together for the pie chart? If you have time to explain how to make the labels appear, I would greatly appreciate that as well. Thank you so much! Sincerely, Michael |
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Basic Categorical Pie Chart Question
Thank you, David:
It was tricky at first, but now I'm getting the idea here. Very nice feature that I never tried before, thank you! Sincerely, Michael On Oct 15, 9:58*am, "David Biddulph" groups [at] biddulph.org.uk wrote: Pivot Table & Pivot Chart sounds like the easiest option. -- David Biddulph "Mr. Werth" wrote in message ... Dear Friends: I have a basic categorical data set which is based on expense categories for a personal budget for my students: E 10.00 T 30.00 C 80.00 O 40.00 F 20.00 E 10.00 I would like for them to highligh their data and make a pie chart so that same categories are lumped together. *In the data set above, the "E" category should total $20, but when I insert the pie chart in the spreadsheet, it separates them as two different "E"s. If I am able to ask Excel to group same categories together and total, then I would like for the category labels and percentages to show on the chart. *A legend would be nice, too. Could you please tell me how to make Excel pool the same categories together for the pie chart? *If you have time to explain how to make the labels appear, I would greatly appreciate that as well. *Thank you so much! Sincerely, Michael |
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