1-2-3 Millennium Edition 9.5: Charting and Database Functions

Course description

Overview: Students will learn the basics of creating charts from their worksheet data and enhancing those charts. They will also be introduced to database concepts and learn how to work with a range of worksheet data as a database.

Prerequisites: Windows 98: Introduction and 1-2-3 Millennium Edition 9.5: Worksheets, or equivalent knowledge.

Performance-based objectives

Lesson objectives help students become comfortable with the course, and also provide a means to evaluate learning. Upon successful completion of this course, students will be able to:

*     Display data graphically by selecting a range and creating a chart.

*     Enhance chart displays by modifying parts of the chart.

*     Display data as parts of a whole by creating and enhancing pie charts.

*     Enhance worksheet and chart data by using drawn objects.

*     Manage data on a worksheet by sorting the rows.

*     Find records in a database table by using a query table.

*     Manage data in a database table by using a query table.

 Course content

Lesson 1: Introduction to Charts

Creating a Basic Chart

Working with Multiple Charts

Lesson 2: Formatting and Enhancing Charts

Enhancing and Formatting Titles and Legends

Modifying Axis Information

Using Drawn Objects to Enhance Charts and Worksheets

Lesson 3: Using Pie Charts

Creating a Pie Chart

Enhancing a Pie Chart

Lesson 4: Advanced Charting Topics

Adding and Deleting a Data Series

Additional Enhancements

Creating Charts from 3-D Ranges

Lesson 5: Sorting Data

One-column Sorts

Range Names

Multiple-level Sorts

Lesson 6: Introduction to Data Management

Database Terminology and Guidelines

Defining the Database Table and the Find Criteria

Wildcards

Numeric Comparison Criteria

Lesson 7: Using Query Tables

Working with Query Tables

Using Multiple Criteria

Managing Records in a Database Table

Using Database Functions

Appendix A: Using Maps to Chart Data

Appendix B: Integration with Approach