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Water in California: Charts/Graphs

Guide to support Quantitative Assignment #2

Charts & Figures

Guidelines for Using Charts & Figures (APA)
from Purdue OWL

Create Charts in Numbers

Create and Edit Charts (3:34)
from Apple
Use Tables in Numbers (2:14)
from Apple
Numbers '09

Powerpoint Extra

Powerpoint 2010
online tutorials from GCL LearnFree.org
e.g. PowerPoint Basics, 9 sections

Google Docs

Getting Started with Charts
creating and editing a chart

Excel 2010 Tutorial HD

* includes information about Chart Types

Create Charts in Excel

Excel Help & Learning (Microsoft)
from Microsoft Office
Create a Chart (Excel 2007)
from Microsoft Office
Excel 2007 - Creating a Chart (4:16)
mentions the importance of the data; from keystonelearningcom
Creating Graphs in Excel 2007
written instructions and screenshots to demonstrate how to create pie charts, bar charts, and line graphs from DePaul University
Lynda.com tutorials in YouTube
e.g. sample search for Excel Tutorials by Lynda.com

Spreadsheet Basics

Microsoft Excel:

Basic tasks in Excel 2010 - from Office.com
Get to Know Excel 2010: Create your first speadsheet - from Office.com
Use Excel Tables to Manage Information - from Office.com
Excel Basics for Office 2011 for Mac - from Office:Mac
Cell References in Excel - YouTube video uploaded by ExcelIsFun
Excel 2007 Basics - YouTube video series from ExcelIsFun

Google Spreadsheets:

Google Spreadsheets Help - from Google.com

OpenOffice CALC:

CALC Tutorials - from Tutorials for OpenOffice

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