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 1. In the left window labelled Legend Entries (Series) click '''ADD'''.  1. In the left window labelled '''LEGEND ENTRIES (SERIES)''' click '''ADD'''.
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 1. In the '''SERIES NAME''' box type in Males; Delete all contents in the Series Values box directly beneath and click the spreadsheet icon immediately to the right of the Series Values box.  1. In the '''SERIES NAME''' box type in Males; Delete all contents in the '''SERIES VALUES''' box directly beneath and click the spreadsheet icon immediately to the right of the '''SERIES VALUES''' box.
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 1. Highlight cells A2 to A4 in the column representing the means (these should appear in the Series Values box). Click '''OK'''.  1. Highlight cells A2 to A4 in the column representing the means (these should appear in the '''SERIES VALUES''' box). Click '''OK'''.
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 1. In the left window labelled Legend Entries (Series) click '''ADD'''.  1. In the left window labelled '''LEGEND ENTRIES (SERIES)''' click '''ADD'''.
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 1. Repeat steps 5 and 6 for Females: in the '''SERIES NAME''' box type in Females, delete all contents in the Series Values box directly beneath and click the spreadsheet icon immediately to the right of the Series Values box.  1. Repeat steps 5 and 6 for Females: in the '''SERIES NAME''' box type in Females, delete all contents in the '''SERIES VALUES''' box directly beneath and click the spreadsheet icon immediately to the right of the '''SERIES VALUES''' box.
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 1. Highlight cells A5 to A7 in the column representing the means (these should appear in the Series Values box). Click '''OK'''.  1. Highlight cells A5 to A7 in the column representing the means (these should appear in the '''SERIES VALUES''' box). Click '''OK'''.
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 1. Click on the spreadsheet adjacent to the box under '''POSITIVE ERROR VALUE''' and highlight cells B2 to B4 in the width (standard error) column. The co-ordinates of the standard error row should appear in the '''POSITIVE ERROR VALUE''' box. Repeat for the '''NEGATIVE ERROR VALUE''' box again highlighting cells B2 to B4. Click '''OK''' and '''CLOSE'''.  1. Click on the spreadsheet icon adjacent to the box under '''POSITIVE ERROR VALUE''' and highlight cells B2 to B4 in the width (standard error) column. The co-ordinates of the standard error row should appear in the '''POSITIVE ERROR VALUE''' box. Repeat for the '''NEGATIVE ERROR VALUE''' box again highlighting cells B2 to B4. Click '''OK''' and '''CLOSE'''.

Putting error bars on graphs using EXCEL 2007

(This a bit more convoluted than in earlier versions of EXCEL but uses exactly the same strategy)

  1. Click on INSERT on menu bar and doubleclick on COLUMN in the CHARTS section at the top of the spreadsheet.

  2. Choose 2-D COLUMN CLUSTERED (leftmost chart on 1st row from the top).

  3. In the DATA section at the top of the spreadsheet click SELECT DATA.

  4. In the left window labelled LEGEND ENTRIES (SERIES) click ADD.

  5. In the SERIES NAME box type in Males; Delete all contents in the SERIES VALUES box directly beneath and click the spreadsheet icon immediately to the right of the SERIES VALUES box.

  6. Highlight cells A2 to A4 in the column representing the means (these should appear in the SERIES VALUES box). Click OK.

  7. In the left window labelled LEGEND ENTRIES (SERIES) click ADD.

  8. Repeat steps 5 and 6 for Females: in the SERIES NAME box type in Females, delete all contents in the SERIES VALUES box directly beneath and click the spreadsheet icon immediately to the right of the SERIES VALUES box.

  9. Highlight cells A5 to A7 in the column representing the means (these should appear in the SERIES VALUES box). Click OK.

  10. Click EDIT in the HORIZONTAL (CATEGORY) AXIS LABELS box.

  11. Delete any contents In the AXES LABEL RANGE box, and insert {“NE”,”SE”,”W”} and click OK.

  12. Now doubleclick on any bar representing males in the graph and choose LAYOUT in the top spreadsheet menu and in the ANALYSIS section click ERROR BARS>MORE ERROR BARS OPTIONS and choose CUSTOM and click SPECIFY VALUE.

  13. Click on the spreadsheet icon adjacent to the box under POSITIVE ERROR VALUE and highlight cells B2 to B4 in the width (standard error) column. The co-ordinates of the standard error row should appear in the POSITIVE ERROR VALUE box. Repeat for the NEGATIVE ERROR VALUE box again highlighting cells B2 to B4. Click OK and CLOSE.

  14. Repeat steps 15 and 16 for females by clicking on any bar representing females and placing cells B5 to B7 in the POSITIVE ERROR VALUE and NEGATIVE ERROR VALUE boxes.

  15. Click OK and CLOSE. You should now have a bar chart with error bars. Doubleclicking on the bars and clicking the FORMAT tab in the menu bar located at the top of the spreadsheet allows the user to change the style and colour of the bars.

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