Make a New Spreadsheet

Make spreadsheets for your visualizations in Google Sheets.

1. Go to docs.google.com/spreadsheets/
   1. A list of Google accounts will appear
2. Log in to your account
   1. Make sure you let Visuals access this account with  authorize Google Drive access
   • Your Google Sheets page will open
3. Click the Blank spreadsheet icon beneath "Start a new spreadsheet"

1. • A new spreadsheet will open

2. Title your sheet
3. Enter your data
   • The format of your spreadsheet will depend on the visualization you want to make 
   • Learn about specific formatting at the Visualization Index
   • Learn how to set data types
4. Set headers for rows if necessary
   • These spreadsheet headers will determine labels on the visualization
   • Learn how to set data labels 
5. When you are finished, click Share

   • Sharing settings will open in a dialog box

6. Click Advanced

   • Advanced sharing settings will open

7. Click Change next to "Private - Only you can access" 

   • "Link sharing" will open

8. Select "On - Anyone with the Link" or "On - Public to the Web" 
9. Click Save
10. Click Done

    • Your spreadsheet is ready for Visuals