de Jo
ong / Rankine
en L541‐Creatin
ng a Vowel Chhart in Excel Spring 2011
1 g a Vowel Chart in Excel:
E
Creating
1) Download XY Charrt Labeler: htttp://www.app
pspro.com/Uttilities/ChartL
Labeler.htm
- Only for Win
ndows version
n (Mac may not
n be able too download ffile)
ot show up onn your tool baar until you rre-open Excell).
2) Re-opeen Excel (the XY Chart Laabeler will no
3) Data Handling:
H

First, you need to label the columns
Word,, Vowel, T1-Tiime, T1-Formaant 1, T1-Form
mant 2, T2-Tim
me, T2-Formannt 1, T2-Formaant 2\
4) Create Scatterplot :

<
tab
b  <Scatteer>  you’lll want the scaatter w/ markks only (a scattterplot type)
Press the <Insert>

This will pull
p up a basiic scatterplot.
5) Rightt-click the scaatterplot and select
s
<Selecct Data>
6) Here is how you’lll want to set-up your data points in Sellect Data boxx:

Select the entry in the Legend
L
Entriees and select <Edit>

Edit Seriess:
Series name:
Temp Point 1’’ (or whateverr you want too call your firrst temporal ppoint data)
‘T
Series x values: Th
hese are yourr T1-Formantt 2 values <sselect all vow
wels of that coolumn>
wels of that coolumn>
Series y values: These are yourr T1-Formantt 1 values <sselect all vow
Press <OK>

Press <Ad
dd> in the Select
S
Data So
ource box

Edit Seriess:
Series name:
‘T
Temp Point 2’’ (or whateverr you want too call your firrst temporal ppoint data)
Series x values: Th
hese are yourr T2-Formantt 2 values <sselect all vow
wels of that coolumn>
wels of that coolumn>
Series y values: These are yourr T2-Formantt 1 values <sselect all vow
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de Jo
ong / Rankine
en L541‐Creatin
ng a Vowel Chhart in Excel Spring 2011
1 7) Reverrsing y- and xx axis:

Right click
k what axis you’d
y
like and
d select <Forrmant Axis>
>

Check the box that sayss “Values in reverse orderr”.

Do this forr both the y- and x- axis.

You may also
a adjust yo
our ranges forr either axis.
8) Imbed
dding labels with
w XY Chaart Labeler in Excel

Select the <XY Chart Labeler> tab
b  <Manuual Labeler>

You can laabel any token on the charrt you have m
made.

However, I would sugg
gest only labeeling the tempporal point 1 of every vow
wel (see exam
mple below)
9) Formatting the chaart:

You can adjust the sizees, colors, and
d shapes of yoour tokens byy:
oken and righ
ht clicking  to select <F
Format Data L
Labels>
Selecting a particular to
(Hint: If on
nly one token gets
g highlighted
d then it will bbe the only onee that changes))
As an exaample, I have provided thee following sccreenshot to iillustrate whaat I am expecting.
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du. If you have any queestions, pleasse contact mee at [email protected]