Hello and welcome to this episode of FCS 
Excel The Basics
In the previous lesson 
we had created a chart and moved it to its own 
worksheet.
In this lesson will explore a few more of the 
features on the design tab.
Next to the location group 
we have another group called chart type, 
again with one option being change chart type.
Using this icon we can quickly access the 
original options we had 
when choosing the chart 
and if I wanted to I could now change this to a 
clustered column chart 
or any other type.
I'm still pretty convinced that the pie chart is 
the best representation of our data, 
but actually it might be quite nice to have a 3D 
pie, 
so I will change it to that now and click ok.
I think that looks quite nice 
and in this case the 3D visual works well, 
be careful when using 3D and other effects 
though.
These should complement the information you 
are trying to portray 
and not just look like a fancy picture or image.
We have another pretty big group 
just a little further along called chart styles.
In here I can see a number of potential styles 
to choose from 
and as I scroll over them I get a preview of how 
they will look.
Also notice the arrow to the bottom right 
which you can expand to see some further 
choices.
I quite like this one so will click on it 
and that now becomes the style for my chart.
The style options you have will depend on the 
particular chart type you have chosen.
I also have an option here on the left to change 
the chart colours.
They are quite a few options in here 
under the heading colourful 
and even more in the monochromatic section.
The monochromatic colours can look quite 
nice, 
particularly if you are displaying several charts 
together, 
but again always keep considering whether it 
is easy enough for other users to get the 
correct information, 
rather than how pretty it may look.
Also remember that you can change the 
available colours 
by switching the theme in the page layout tab.
The next group, "chart layouts" 
has an icon called quick layouts.
If I click on this now there are a number of 
choices in relation to elements I have on the 
chart.
Things like titles, legends, labels etc. 
are all known as chart elements.
As I hover over the options, again I get a 
preview of how it will look, 
and notice here that different elements are 
being added or taken away for each layout 
choice.
Similarly to the chart styles, 
the layout choices will vary depending on the 
chart type and style you have already chosen.
I'm actually quite happy with the default layout 
for my style here 
so will just stick to that.
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