That's not my article, it's Stephen Few's. I'm slowly developing similar and
complementary content for my blog. So many people write about effective
charting practices, but not many direct their attentions at Excel charting.
Charley Kyd (http://exceluser.com) is one of a handful, and I'm trying to
help fill in gaps.

- Jon
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Tutorials and Custom Solutions
Peltier Technical Services, Inc. - http://PeltierTech.com
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Thanks, Jon, for the pointer to your detailed article! I also have a
background in ease of use, so appreciate the perspective. I am going
to add a pointer to your article to my class notes to share with
future students. In class, I do warn students to use charts
effectively and point out that one can mislead especially with 3D
charts. Thanks!

Dilip

On Feb 28, 8:23 am, "Jon Peltier"
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A priori it would seem that pie charts would be good for looking at parts
of
the whole, but they're not all that effective at it. May I direct you to
this article by Stephen Few:

Save the Pies for
Desserthttp://www.perceptualedge.com/articles/08-21-07.pdf

As an educator, you should be concerned that your students learn not only
how to make certain chart types, but also how to make effective chart
types.

- Jon
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Jon Peltier, Microsoft Excel MVP
Tutorials and Custom Solutions
Peltier Technical Services, Inc. -http://PeltierTech.com
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Thanks, Jon. I like using pie charts when looking at fractionating a
whole. Plus I teach and want to make sure that my students can create
charts of different types and not rely on color. Thanks!

Dilip

On Feb 27, 2:12 pm, "Jon Peltier"
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If you use a bar or column chart, you won't need different colors,
because
each point will have its label along the category axis. You will make it
easier to compare each point's value (pies are poor for this).

- Jon
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Jon Peltier, Microsoft Excel MVP
Tutorials and Custom Solutions
Peltier Technical Services, Inc. -http://PeltierTech.com
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I can't seem to figure out (it was easy in earlier versions!) how to
take pie charts (or other types of charts) and make them independent
of color. I don't mind if the chart uses color, but I don't want to
rely on color to make sure that people of varying sensitivities to
color or a black and white photocopy doesn't put the user of the chart
at a disadvantage. How can I have my different pie slices not just a
different color, but in a different cross-hatch or other fill? Thanks,
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