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Create artistic charts with random numbers

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Create artistic charts with random numbers

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- [Instructor] On this worksheet, 2 we're seeing a bunch of random numbers, 3 but certainly what is the real eye catcher 4 are the two charts. 5 These are Excel charts. 6 The one below the data 7 is what we call a stacked column chart, a 100% column chart. 8 And the one to the right is a rarely used surface chart. 9 Now call it abstract art, call it what you will. 10 If there's some eye appeal here, 11 if you'd like to create these, we'll show you how to do it. 12 This is far from being a productivity tip, 13 but on the other hand, along the way we will show you some 14 interesting aspects of how to generate random numbers 15 and also how to use some Excel charts. 16 So I'm going to go to a separate sheet. 17 Excel has two functions related to random numbers, 18 and although primarily used by mathematicians, 19 they do have other roles to play as well. 20 I frequently generate sample data for example, 21 I want a…

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