Thread by @wisevis

[THREAD] I had this bizarre idea of wordless instructions to make charts, kinda IKEA-in-spirit. Ideally, Everyone can follow these visual instructions even if they don't speak English. I called it the Universal Chart Maker, and I tested it with @msexcel.

Let me show you how to make a simple doughnut chart. Here is a small table.

1. Select the data and, from the Insert menu, select Pie/Dooughnut.

2. No fill and no line in the chart area.
3. Delete the title and the legend.

4. Select all the slices and fill them with gray.
5. Select a slice of interest and fill it with orange.

6. Add labels
7. Format labels from the options menu using percent and category name

8. Select a label and move it.
9. Select a cell and add text.

10. Select a range and fill it with a light tone.
11. Set doughnut hole size to 90%.

If meaning is not obvious, read it in one of the 4 available languages.

More languages will be added to this Google sheet (and you can add them too!) goo.gl/QYR7eW

Here is a complete list of all 50 charts made with this sign system.

This is available as an ebook that you can buy from here.
excelcharts.com/product/univer…

And I wrote a new blog post about the project. Read it here:
excelcharts.com/new-ebook-word…

Forgot to add the image to step 11. here it is.

Need to add that most icons come from a great resource, the Noun Project.
thenounproject.com