Question:
How would I make this graph on excel?
Horns Haylo
2009-05-18 17:02:57 UTC
I have to make a graph on this stock market project we have been doing for 13 weeks. How would I make it on excel? Requirements:
*the x-axis will be the weekly dates and names of your stocks
*the y-axis will be the price of your stocks
HELP ME!!! (TOP WOULD BE NAMES AND PRICES AND LEFT SIDE WOULD BE PRICES??? I AM CONFUSED!)
Three answers:
Gary E
2009-05-20 02:08:07 UTC
The best way that I can come up with for that to work would probably be with a Clustered Column chart.



Select blank range in your worksheet starting in Cell B2 that is one column wider than the number of stocks to be shown and one row longer than to number of dates to be shown and then insert a Clustered Column chart.



Create the entries for the left column:

Format Column B chart cells as Date 3/14

Enter the first date in the Cell B3 as text in the form '1/30

Enter the second date in Cell B4 in normal day/month form

Enter =B4+7 in Cell B5 and copy it down to the bottom of the selected range.

(This complexity is necessary to get reasonably wide columns in the chart.)



In Row 2 starting with Cell C2 enter the names of the stocks.



Enter the stock prices in appropriate cells for the rest of the chart,



Right click on a stock name, select Format Legend, select bottom for the legend position.



The x axis (along the bottom) now shows dates and stocks.



The y axis (on the left) shows prices.



You can change the cart type to Stacked Column to show your total results and each stock's contribution.



Changing the chart type to Line, or Stacked Line, or Stacked Area would still leave the stock and date labels on the x axis and give you an alternate looks.



You could try other chart types but I would be surprised if you found another that would be better than the previous choices.
Nicole S
2009-05-18 17:12:40 UTC
Ok so you need to input the data into an excel worksheet. The highlight the boxes and insert a line or column chart whichever one you want to use it will automatically make all the info into a chart. You can then play around with it. If you have excel '07 it is all on the top ribbon.
millicent
2016-11-08 07:20:03 UTC
attempt this.......... spotlight/decide on the full graph you prefer to repeat Then, decide on edit - replica or Key Ctl "C" (comparable effect) Now, pass on your be conscious rfile and rather of doing edit - Paste, do here: From the job bar; decide on Edit - Paste specific..........then decide on image (Megafile) ought to get the effect needed/needed


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