By Doug Lowe with Ryan C. Williams from Word 2010 All-in-One For Dummies

You can create all kinds of different charts in a Word 2010 document. You can turn a series of numbers into a simple bar graph or pie chart or create exotic doughnut and radar charts. You can supply the numbers yourself or copy them from a separate file, such as an Excel spreadsheet. Whatever you choose, follow this process:

1. Move the insertion point to the spot where you want the chart to appear.

2. Click the Insert tab and then click the Chart button in the Illustrations group.

The Insert Chart dialog box opens as seen above.

3. Select the type of chart you want to create:

* Column: Displays data in vertical columns displayed side by side or stacked. You can pick various column shapes, including simple bars, 3D blocks, cylinders, cones, and pyramids.

* Line: Shows data as individual points linked by various types of lines.

* Pie: Displays data as slices in a circular pie.

* Bar: Resembles a column chart except that its columns are laid out horizontally rather than vertically.

* Area: Resembles a line chart except that areas beneath the lines are shaded.

* X Y (Scatter): Plots individual points by using two values to represent the X, Y coordinates.

* Stock: Plots high/low/close values.

* Surface: Resembles a line chart but represents the data as a three-dimensional surface.

* Doughnut: Resembles a pie chart but has a hole in the middle.

* Bubble: Resembles a scatter chart but uses a third value to determine bubble size.

* Radar: Plots data relative to a central point rather than x- and y- axes.

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