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Creating a Vowel Chart in Excel

PlottingtheVowelMeasurements‐Insertabasicscatterplot:InsertChartScatterScatterwithmarkers(ThisstepvariesfromeachversionofExcel–generallyspeaking,an‘XY(Scatter)’plotisoneoftheoptionsavailablewhenyouinsertachart.)‐Afteryou’veinsertedanewchart,right‐clicktheemptybox(yourblankscatterplot)<SelectData>.

‐Hereishowyou’llwanttosetupyourdatapointsinthe‘SelectData’box:o Underthe‘Series’box,clickon<Add>toaddadataseries.o EditSeries:　 Seriesname:‘TempPoint1’(orwhateveryouwanttocallyourfirst

temporalpointdata)　 Seriesxvalues:TheseareyourF2_t1values<selectallvowels

ofthatcolumn>　 Seriesyvalues:TheseareyourF1_t1values<selectallvowels

ofthatcolumn>o Click<Add>inthe‘SelectDataSource’boxo EditSeries:　 Seriesname:‘TempPoint2’(orwhateveryouwanttocallyourfirst

temporalpointdata)　       Seriesxvalues:TheseareyourF2_t2values<selectallvowels

ofthatcolumn>　       Seriesyvalues:TheseareyourF1_t2values<selectallvowels

ofthatcolumn>oClick<OK>o Reversingy‐andx‐axes:　 Right‐clickonx‐axisselect<FormatAxis>　 Checktheboxthatsays“Valuesinreverseorder”.　 Dothesameforthey‐axis.　 Youcanalsoadjustyourrangesforeitheraxis.o Formattingthechart:　 Youcanlabelyourvowelsby:

Selectingaparticularseries/tokenandrightclickingselect<AddDataLabels>.MeasurementvalueswillappearRight‐clickonthedatalabel(makesurealllabelsforthatseriesarehighlighted)FormatDataLabelUnder‘labelcontains’,check‘seriesname’.Youcanalsomovearoundthetextboxes.(Tip:Ifonlyonetokengetshighlighted(nottheentireseries),itwillbetheonlyonethatwillchange.)

　 Youcanalsoadjustthesizes,colors,andshapesofyourtokensby: Selectingaparticularseries/tokenandrightclicking

select<FormatDataSeries>.(Tip:Again,ifonlyonetokengetshighlighted(nottheentireseries),itwillbetheonlyonethatwillchange.)