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    <TITLE>Working with Charts in Excel 2007</TITLE>
    <DESCRIPTION>This class is for users who want to learn how to create quality presentation graphs to display data in Excel.</DESCRIPTION>
    <PREREQS>
        <PREREQ>Introduction to Excel 2007 or knowledge of how to create and format a spreadsheet, as well as how to work with simple formulas.</PREREQ>
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    <LENGTH>half-day</LENGTH>
    <SKILL NS0:name="Charting Basics" xmlns:NS0="http://www.trilliumconsulting.com/courses">
        <SUBSKILL>Use the Chart Wizard to create an embedded chart</SUBSKILL>
        <SUBSKILL>Work with Chart tools</SUBSKILL>
        <SUBSKILL>Identify and select parts of a chart</SUBSKILL>
        <SUBSKILL>Move, size, and delete an embedded chart</SUBSKILL>
        <SUBSKILL>Change the chart type</SUBSKILL>
        <SUBSKILL>Create a chart as a separate sheet</SUBSKILL>
        <SUBSKILL>Save and rename a chart sheet</SUBSKILL>
        <SUBSKILL>Change linked data</SUBSKILL>
        <SUBSKILL>Understand how Excel charts data</SUBSKILL>
    </SKILL>
    <SKILL NS0:name="Adding Chart Elements" xmlns:NS0="http://www.trilliumconsulting.com/courses">
        <SUBSKILL>Use pre-defined chart layouts</SUBSKILL>
        <SUBSKILL>Add and position a legend</SUBSKILL>
        <SUBSKILL>Add and edit titles, data labels, and floating text</SUBSKILL>
        <SUBSKILL>Add shapes and gridlines to charts</SUBSKILL>
        <SUBSKILL>Add a data table</SUBSKILL>
    </SKILL>
    <SKILL NS0:name="Enhancing a Chart" xmlns:NS0="http://www.trilliumconsulting.com/courses">
        <SUBSKILL>Use pre-defined styles</SUBSKILL>
        <SUBSKILL>Modify chart elements (Format Dialog Box and Format Tab)</SUBSKILL>
        <SUBSKILL>Format the legend, chart area, and plot area</SUBSKILL>
        <SUBSKILL>Format labels and data markers</SUBSKILL>
        <SUBSKILL>Change overlap and gap width between data series</SUBSKILL>
        <SUBSKILL>Change the appearance and scale of the horizontal (category) and vertical (value) axes</SUBSKILL>
        <SUBSKILL>Use chart templates</SUBSKILL>
    </SKILL>
    <SKILL NS0:name="Update Data in a Chart" xmlns:NS0="http://www.trilliumconsulting.com/courses">
        <SUBSKILL>Understand a data series formula</SUBSKILL>
        <SUBSKILL>Change a chart’s data source</SUBSKILL>
        <SUBSKILL>Copy and paste data to update the data source</SUBSKILL>
        <SUBSKILL>Use the Range Finder</SUBSKILL>
        <SUBSKILL>Dynamically update source data using Excel tables</SUBSKILL>
    </SKILL>
    <SKILL NS0:name="Something Extra" xmlns:NS0="http://www.trilliumconsulting.com/courses">
        <SUBSKILL>Work with combination, pie, and doughnut charts</SUBSKILL>
        <SUBSKILL>Work with 3-D charts</SUBSKILL>
        <SUBSKILL>Add graphic objects to a chart</SUBSKILL>
    </SKILL>
    <TOPIC NS0:name="Overview of chart types" xmlns:NS0="http://www.trilliumconsulting.com/courses">
    </TOPIC>
    <TOPIC NS0:name="Using time scales in charts" xmlns:NS0="http://www.trilliumconsulting.com/courses">
    </TOPIC>
    <TOPIC NS0:name="Creating Data Bars" xmlns:NS0="http://www.trilliumconsulting.com/courses">
    </TOPIC>
    <TOPIC NS0:name="Working with charts created in earlier Excel versions" xmlns:NS0="http://www.trilliumconsulting.com/courses">
    </TOPIC>
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