This tutorial is designed as a quick introduction to the use of Microsoft Excel for graphing scientific data. In this series, a graph is prepared that uses a log scale for the Y axis.

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This series of is not meant as a comprehensive description, merely a quick guide to help you get started.

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Based on a tutorial by Geospiza, Inc.