Pictograph



You can enhance a chart or graph to make it easier for students to understand data relationships by converting it to a pictograph—a graph with pictures. Office Excel 2007 stretches or stacks pictures to represent the values being graphed.

__Examples of pictographs__ The following example shows how pictures can be used to graph Fruito. You could also use a real picture of a parrot in a comparison of rainforest birds or stack pictures of a cars or planes in a transport graph.

__How to create a pictograph__ >
 * 1) Enter your data into a worksheet or table, and then select the data. Include the field headings and title.
 * 2) On the **Insert** tab in the **Charts** group, select a chart. Choose a chart with elements that can support a picture (a bar chart, for example).
 * 3) In the chart, select the first element to which you want to add a picture, and then double-click the element. The picture will be inserted in all the elements that are selected, so make sure that the selection border is around only the first element.
 * 4) In **Chart Tools**, click the **Format** tab, and then, in the **Current Selection** group, click **Format Selection**. **OR** right click on the element and select Format Data Point.
 * 5) In the **Format Data Point** dialog box, in the left navigation pane, click **Fill**.
 * 6) In the right pane, click **Picture or texture fill**.
 * 1) 7. Under **Insert from**, browse for a picture file or clip art image, or insert the contents of the clipboard.
 * 2) 8. Choose whether to **Stretch** or **Stack** the image.
 * 3) 9. Repeat steps 3 through 8 for each of the other elements.
 * 1) 7. Under **Insert from**, browse for a picture file or clip art image, or insert the contents of the clipboard.
 * 2) 8. Choose whether to **Stretch** or **Stack** the image.
 * 3) 9. Repeat steps 3 through 8 for each of the other elements.
 * 1) 8. Choose whether to **Stretch** or **Stack** the image.
 * 2) 9. Repeat steps 3 through 8 for each of the other elements.

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