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INLS161-001 fall 2026
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Tools for Information Literacy | Week ⑬ 
Create a chart that shows comparisons

Set up your workbook by creating a new worksheet

Why we do this What we are to do
to create a new workbook from existing worksheets Download this workbook from Canvas and use it for this week's spreadsheet tasks.
Then save the downloaded worksbook to a location on your laptop where you will save your task04 work and name the saved/stored workbook with a standard (i.e., lastname_firstname_YYYYMMDD_task04c.xlsx) file name

Compare values to categories

Using the data on the 15-Chart 01 worksheet, create a chart to display the Total grain demand and Grain production for the year 2031 for the four sub-regions of Sub-Saharan Africa.

The source data is poorly arrayed in the table, so you will need to filter and perhaps sort the source data to make it useful.

Why we do this What we are to do some thoughts
to prepare the data using the data on the 15-Chart 01 worksheet
select the values for the
Total grain demand,
and Grain production
for the year 2031,
for the four sub-regions of Sub-Saharan Africa.
This will require you to filter selected columns
and perhaps to sort by Sub-Region.
to create a chart that compares one data set by category Use a chart that compares values (Millions of metric tons) to categories (Element).
You will be creating a clustered column or a clustered bar chart.
Place the chart on a separate worksheet (this means the chart stands alone on a worksheet and does not float above a grid of cells on a worksheet) named 15-Food Demand.
You may use the chart wizard, but do not use the defaults.
to demonstrate facility with the chart formatting tools You will need to work with the chart tools to ensure that the X or Y axes (depending on whether you use a column or a bar chart) are labeled. Depending on how you build your chart, they may not need labeling.
to demonstrate facility with additional chart formatting tools/td> Include a chart title and modify the display in some fashion to make it unique to your style. Do not leave it in the program's default look.