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- Add charts
- Get automatic charts
- Add charts to Docs and Slides
- Functions in Sheets and Excel
- Add pivot tables
- Get automatic pivot tables
Add charts
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Excel 2013
Excel 2010 |
You can also add a Sheets chart to a Slides presentation. For details about adding charts, see Add and edit a chart orgraph. |
Get automatic charts
Get summaries and charts of your data with the click of abutton in Sheets. It’s kind of like having an expert in data analysis sitting next to you.
Sheets: Get automatic charts
- In a spreadsheet, select a range of cells, columns, or rows. Otherwise, you’ll get insights based on where your cursor is.
- At the bottom, click Explore .
- Choose an option:
- Point to a chart and click Insert chart .
- Ask a question about your data under Answers.
The results can include charts. To add one, point to it and click Insert chart .
Tip: To customize a chart, click MoreEdit chartCustomize.
Add charts to Docs and Slides
Excel: | Sheets: |
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Excel 2013 and 2010 | Help people visualize data in a presentation or document by adding charts
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Functions in Sheets and Excel
Most Excel functions are the same in Sheets. For a list of common functions, see the Sheets Cheat Sheet.
Some unique functions in Sheets:
FILTER | Returns a filtered version of the source range, returning only rows or columns that meet specified conditions. |
SORTN | Returns a specified number of items in a data set after a sort. |
SPARKLINE | Creates a miniature chart in a single cell. |
QUERY | Runs a Google Visualization API Query Language query across data. |
GOOGLEFINANCE | Gets current or historical securities information from Google Finance. |
GOOGLETRANSLATE | Translates text from one language into another. |
IMPORTRANGE | Imports a range of cells from a specified spreadsheet. |
For a list of all functions in Sheets, see the Google Sheets function list.
Add pivot tables
Excel: | Sheets: |
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Excel 2013 and 2010 |
For details, see . |
Get automatic pivot tables
Excel: | Sheets: |
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Excel 2013 and 2010 |
For details, see . |
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