Largest Cities Populations Worksheet

In this project, you will analyze U.S. population growth over the last 40 years. 

Skills needed to complete this project: 

Applying Quick Styles and Other Formatting to Sparklines (Skill 7.16) 

Changing the Sparkline Type (Skill 7.14)

• Adding Markers to Sparklines (Skill 7.15)
• Adding a Data Series to a Chart (Skill 7.5)
• Creating a Combination Chart (Skill 7.1)
• Formatting Other Chart Elements (Skill 7.8)
• Formatting a Data Point or a Data Series (Skill 7.6)
• Applying a Chart Template (Skill 7.10)
• Inserting a Shape (Skill 7.21)
• Applying Quick Styles and Other Formatting to Shapes (Skill 7.22) 
• Creating a Chart Template (Skill 7.9)
• Adding and Removing Trendlines (Skill 7.11)
• Forecasting Values on a Trendline (Skill 7.13)
• Changing Trendline Options (Skill 7.12)
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• Open the start file EX2019-SkillReview-7-1. The file will be renamed automatically to include your name. Change the project file name if directed to do so by your instructor, and save it.

If the workbook opens in Protected View, click the Enable Editing button in the Message Bar at the top of the workbook so you can modify the workbook. 

NOTE: If group titles are not visible on your Ribbon in Excel for Mac, click the Excel menu and select Preferences to open the Excel Preferences dialog box. Click the View button and check the Group Titles check box under In Ribbon, Show. Close the Excel Preferences dialog box.

Add Sparklines to the data and apply a Quick Style. 

1. On the Population Data worksheet, select cells B4:F13.

On the Insert tab, in the Sparklines group, click the Column button. 

In the Create Sparklines dialog, verify that B4:F13 is the Data Range and specify G4:G13 as the location to place sparklines. Click OK. 

1. On the Sparkline tab, in the Style group, apply the Blue, Sparkline Style Colorful #2 style. Click the More button to expand the gallery, then click the fourth style in the fifth row. 

Change the Sparklines to lines with markers for all data points and highlight the high point marker in a different color.

On the Sparkline tab, in the Type group, click the Line button. 

On the Sparkline tab, in the Show group, click the Markers check box. 

On the Sparkline tab, in the Style group, click the Marker Color button, point to High Point, and select Purple (the last color in the row of standard colors). 

Create a column chart to represent the population data for Houston and then add a second series to represent the overall population of the United States. 

Select cells A3:F3. Press Command and click and drag to select cells A7:F7. 

On the Insert tab, in the Charts group, click the Column button, and choose Clustered Column (the first chart type under 2-D Column). 

Click and drag the chart to reposition it immediately below the data. 

On the Chart Design tab, in the Data group, click the Select Data button. 

1. In the Legend Entries (Series) box, click the + button.

Click in the Name box and click cell A15 to add the cell reference to the Series name box. 

1. Click in the Y values box and delete the default entry. Click and drag to select cells B15:F15. 

Click OK.

Observe the clustered column chart.

Change the chart type to a combination chart with a secondary axis for the national population data. 

1. Select the Total US population series. On the Chart Design tab, in the Type group, click the Change Chart Type button.

In the drop-down list, point to Combo and select Clustered Column – Line.

The scale difference between the two series makes the Houston data unreadable now. Double click the line for the Total US population series to open the Format Data Series pane and select the Secondary Axis radio button under Series Options.

Close the Format Data Series task pane.

Add a legend below the chart and format it by applying a style. 

1. Click the Add Chart Element button on the Chart Design tab, in the Chart Layouts group. Point to Legend and click Bottom.

Click the legend to select it. On the Chart Format tab, in the Shape Styles group, click the More button to expand the gallery. Select the Subtle Effect – Green, Accent 1 style (the second style in the fourth row in the Theme Styles section). 

Change the fill color of a data point to make it stand out. 

Select the data point for 1990 for the series Houston, TX by clicking the 1990 column once to select the series and then clicking it a second time to select just that data point. 

On the Chart Format tab, in the Shape Styles group, click the Shape Fill button and select Red, Accent 2 (the fifth color from the right in the first row of theme colors). 

Save this chart as a new chart template. 

1. Right-click an empty area of the chart and select Save as Template…. 

In the Save Chart Template dialog, type Population Combo Chart in the Save As box. 

Click Save.

Add a callout to the chart, apply a style to it, and add text. 

On the Chart Format tab, in the Insert Shapes group, click the More button to expand the gallery. 

1. Select Line Callout 1 (the fifth shape from the left in the Callouts section). 

Click anywhere in the chart to insert the shape.

1. Click and drag the shape to reposition it so it is pointing to the highlighted data point as shown in Figure EX 7.64. 

On the Shape Format tab, in the Shape Styles group, click the More button to expand the gallery. Select the Subtle Effect – Green, Accent 1 style (the second style in the fourth row). 

Type: What happened here? and then click anywhere outside the callout.

If necessary, make the shape slightly larger so all the text is visible. 

Create a new chart from the template you saved. 

1. Select cells A3:F4. Press Command and click and drag to select cells A7:F7. 

Click Insert on the Excel menu bar and point to Chart. 

Point to Templates.

Select the Population Combo Chart template. 

The chart is inserted on the worksheet.

1. If necessary, move the chart so it is positioned to the right of the first chart as shown in Figure EX 7.64. FIGURE EX 7.64

Change the outline color of a data series. 

Select the New York, NY data series by clicking any column in the second chart. 

On the Chart Format tab, in the Shape Styles group, click the Shape Outline button, and select Black, Text 1 (the second color from the left in the first row of theme colors). 

Create a clustered column chart for population growth by region. Move the chart to its own chart sheet named Regional Trends. 

1. Go to the Census Data by State worksheet and select cells A5:L8. 

On the Insert tab, in the Charts group, click the Insert Column or Bar Chart button and select Clustered Column (the first chart under the 2-D Column section). 

1. If necessary, change the x axis labels to match the column headings. On the Chart Design tab, in the Data group, click the Select Data button. Click in the Horizontal (Category) Axis Labels box, and then click and drag to select cells B3:L3. Click OK. 

On the Chart Design tab, in the Location group, click the Move Chart button. 

Click the New Sheet radio button. Type Regional Trends in the box and click OK. 

Edit and format the chart title.

1. Click the chart title and type: Population Trends by Region

If necessary, select the text you just typed. On the Chart Format tab, in the WordArt Styles group, click the More button to expand the gallery, and select one of the WordArt options. 

Click anywhere outside the title.

Add trendlines to the chart to forecast exponential growth for the next 40 years. 

Select the chart. Click the Add Chart Element button on the Chart Design tab, in the Chart Layouts group. Point to Trendline, and click More Trendline Options…

In the Add Trendline dialog, click OK. (Northeast should be selected by default.) 

In the Format Trendline task pane, click the Exponential radio button. 

1. In the Forecast section, type 4 in the Forward box.

Click the Fill & Line button near the top of the task pane.

Click in the Width box and change the value to 3.

1. Click the End Arrow type box and select Open Arrow (the third option in the top row).

Right-click any data point in the Midwest series and select Add Trendline…. Apply the same formatting options as you applied to the Northeast trendline: exponential, forecasting forward for 4 periods, 3 pt width, and arrow type End Open Arrow. 

Follow the same steps to add a trendline to each of the other data series using the same formatting options (exponential, forecasting forward for 4 periods, 3 pt width, and arrow type End Open Arrow). The final chart should look similar to Figure EX 7.65.