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Skill Review 7.1 In this project, you will analyze U.S. population growth over the last 40 years.

Skills needed to complete this project:

• Applying Quick Styles and Other Formatting to Sparklines

• Changing the Sparkline Type

• Adding Markers to Sparklines

• Adding a Data Series to a Chart

• Creating a Combination Chart

• Formatting Other Chart Elements

• Formatting a Data Point or a Data Series

• Creating a Chart Template

• Inserting a Shape

• Applying Quick Styles and Other Formatting to Shapes

• Applying a Chart Template

• Adding and Removing Trendlines

• Forecasting Values on a Trendline

• Changing Trendline Options

1. Open the start file EX2016-SkillReview-7-1. The file will be renamed automatically to include your

name. Change the project file name if directed to do so by your instructor, and save it.

2. If the workbook opens in Protected View, click the Enable Editing button in the Message Bar at the

top of the workbook so you can modify the workbook.

3. Add Sparklines to the data and apply a Quick Style.

a. On the Population Data worksheet, select cells B4:F13.

b. On the Insert tab, in the Sparklines group, click the Column button.

c. In the Create Sparklines dialog, verify that B4:F13 is the Data Range and specify G4:G13 as the Location

Range. Click OK.

d. On the Sparkline Tools Design tab, in the Style group, apply the Dark Blue, Sparkline Style Dark #6 style.

Click the More button to expand the gallery, then click the first style from the right in the fifth row.

4. Change the Sparklines to lines with markers for all data points and highlight the high point marker in a

different color.

a. On the Sparkline Tools Design tab, in the Type group, click the Line button.

b. On the Sparkline Tools Design tab, in the Show group, click the Markers check box.

c. On the Sparkline Tools Design tab, in the Style group, click the Marker Color button, point to High

Point, and select Red (the second color from the left in the row of standard colors).

5. Create a column chart to represent the population data for Dallas and then add a second series to

represent the overall population of the United States.

a. Select cells A3:F3. Press [Ctrl] and click and drag to select cells A12:F12.

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b. On the Insert tab, in the Charts group, click the Column or Bar Chart button, and choose Clustered

Column (the first chart type under 2‐D Column).

c. Click and drag the chart to reposition it immediately below the data.

d. On the Chart Tools Design tab, in the Data group, click the Select Data button.

e. In the Legend Entries (Series) box, click the Add button.

f. Click cell A15 to add the cell reference to the Series name box.

g. Click in the Series values box and delete the default entry. Click and drag to select cells B15:F15.

h. Click OK.

6. Change the chart type to a combination chart with a secondary axis for the national population data.

a. On the Chart Tools Design tab, in the Type group, click the Change Chart Type button.

b. In the list of chart types at the left side of the All Charts tab, click Combo.

c. Excel automatically suggests a line chart for the Total US population series, but the scale difference

between the two series makes the Dallas data unreadable. Click the Secondary Axis check box next

to Total US population series.

d. Click OK.

7. Add a legend above the chart and format it by applying a style.

a. Click the Chart Elements button that appears near the upper right corner of the chart. Point to

Legend and click the arrow that appears at the right. Click Top.

b. Click the legend to select it. On the Chart Tools Format tab, in the Shape Styles group, click the More

button to expand the gallery. Select the Subtle Effect ‐ Yellow, Accent 5 style (the second style

from the right in the third row from the bottom in the Theme Styles section).

8. Change the fill color of a data point to make it stand out.

a. Select the data point for 1990 for the series Dallas, TX by clicking the 1990 column once to select the

series and then clicking it a second time to select just that data point.

b. On the Chart Tools Format tab, in the Shape Styles group, click the Shape Fill button and select Red,

Accent 2 (the fifth color from the right in the first row of theme colors).

9. Save this chart as a new chart template.

a. Right-click an empty area of the chart and select Save as Template....

b. In the Save Chart Template dialog, type Population Combo Chart in the File name box.

c. Click Save.