Learn to format numbers used as Chart Data Labels using Excel in PowerPoint 2011 for Mac. This is the print version of this page. All content is copyright Indezine.com 2000-2018. When I am using MS Excel for MAC OSX 2011 the following happens: When I want to format the borders of the cells, i.e. Make the lines thicker. Try selecting the cells you are changing and set the text size. (Even if cells empty) Now try again to do border formatting. It could just be a weird bug.
Type a new column heading in a blank column to indicate the frequency limits that you want. For example, if you want to show a frequency distribution for every 10 units you would need to define that for Excel. The Frequency function refers to this limit as the 'Bin Array.' In the first cell under the column heading, type the number zero. In the next cell below that, enter the formula: '=B2+10' where 'B2' is the cell where you entered zero and '10' is the number of units you want to show for each section of your frequency distribution.
After you type in the formula, but before you press 'Enter' the cell will be highlighted with a bold outline. Hold your mouse pointer over the lower, right corner of the cell so that it turns into a black cross. Click and drag downward to copy the formula until the last number shows the maximum limit for your frequency distribution. For example, if you are using a percentage scale, you would want to end at '100.' When you're done, press 'Enter.'
Enter a column heading for the next column over and label it as 'Frequency Distribution.' In the first blank cell under the heading, type the formula '=Frequency(' and then you will see in the formula bar the labels 'dataarray' and 'binarray.'
Click 'dataarray' and then click and drag on the spreadsheet to select all of the data cells. In this example it would be the cells in column 'A.' Type a comma which will highlight 'binarray' in the formula bar. Click and drag to highlight all of the values in for the frequency, in this example they would be in column 'B.' Press 'Enter.'