How to Make Graphs
Tips on how to make graphs:
- Pick a topic to visualize
Something in the news, or on the mind of the public conscience. Or you can try a classic. Pick an item from the topic that can be explained visually. - Graph it
Option A: Pick from the following graph templates. (Right-click, Save As)- All of the below in a ZIP file
- Venn Diagram (two circles) - Excel
- Venn Diagram (three circles) - Excel
- Bar Graph (Horizontal bars) - Excel
- Bar Graph (Vertical bars) - Excel
- Calendar - Excel (Or send us a screenshot from your favorite calendar app)
- Line Graph - Excel
- Pie Chart - Excel
- Flow Chart - Visio
Option B: On Google Docs, You can create the simples ones like bars, lines, or pie charts.
- Click New > Spreadsheet to start a new chart.
- Enter the values for the chart
- Highlight the cells and click on the Chart button:
- Select the type, give it a title, and save the document.
- To submit it, click on the Share tab and invite us at graphjam@gmail.com
- Or get creative using Office, Visio or other tools and email it to us.
Suggest other graph types in the comments!
I’m having a problem submitting. I have emailed graphs before to the requested address but they never seem to show up in the voting bin. Is there a long cue or am I submitting the file wrong?
There is a queue, and we are working to get the graphs to the voting page as quickly as possible. Thanks to everyone for their hilarious submissions. Okay, now get back to work.
-Assistant Manager to the Community Manager, Managerial Operations, LOL Division
Pffffhhah ha ha, that’s pretty good!
i’m gonna need you to come in on sunnnndayyyyy. yeahhhhhhh…..get this queue down……so if you could just come in on sunnnndayyyyy…..that’d be greaaaaaattttt….
[lumbergh voice]
FTW!
I don’t understand!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Crap. I didn’t find this page until I submitted as a JPG… but I provided name, email, and “cheat sheet” info… will it still be accepted?
Yes.
I can’t send my submissions through Excel beacuse I don’t have Outlook set up. Can I send my submissions as attachments using my Hotmail account?
Of course. Just save and add as attachment…
Awesome, thanks.
Is there a very long queue for graph submissions?
Mine hasn’t appeared after about 5 days and I notice someone else has done exactly the same thing I did (although rubblishly, using a rubbish donut graph, which looks rubbish - *FAIL*).
There is a queue… the union employees are not happy with forced overtime. Therefore we will process the queue as quickly as the DMV.
Sorry. If you are seeing someone else doing the same graph, chances are it was sent it before yours. Great employees, uh, procrastinate alike?
Everything in the “Download These Excel Templates” box/area is all broken / FUBAR! OR… My otherwise perfect computer, network and brain suddenly became moronic ONLY when dealing with those linky thingies. And I had a really neato Venn Diagram idea thought! HALP!
I was just able to download both those files… did you try the ZIP file or right-clicking on them?
if i see a graph on the votes page that i submitted a day after a different graph that is not on the votes page, does that mean the first graph didn’t make the cut?
I am curious, do all submissions make the vote page, or do you guys filter them?
I sent a couple graphs in .pdf
Will they be accepted?
I’ve submitted a graph in OpenOffice and PNG formats twice now, and haven’t received a response, and it didn’t show up on the voting page either time. What’s the deal?
yeah so I downloaded and tried to make a graph, but it wouldn’t let me edit it? What’s up wit dat?
So how long is the queue?
i submitted a couple back in mid april some time and i still havent seen them.