Microsoft Excel 2007 supports a variety of chart types to create a combination chart and help your viewers see the differences between two or more data series. For example, one data series in a line ...

Excel spreadsheets can often contain large amounts of data ranging across broad categories. For example, a sales spreadsheet might record sales of products across multiple departments, or within ...

Pie charts are a common choice for visualizing data, but their limitations often make them less effective in professional or technical contexts. As explained by Leila Gharani, pie charts struggle to ...

Excel’s chart features can turn your spreadsheet data into compelling visual communications—if you know what to do. This guide will walk you through the basics of setting up trends, percentages, ...

When the relationship between the charted entities is less important than the individual entities, try using these two chart techniques to highlight important details in Microsoft Excel. Charts are ...

So, you need some eye-popping visuals to show off your top sales numbers for that meeting in 40 minutes but data, not design, is your forte. No problem. With Excel 2013—even if you’ve never used ...

The colon character in Excel is often associated with defining static cell ranges, such as `A1:A10`, but its capabilities extend far beyond this basic use. Excel Off The Grid explores how combining ...

When you use Excel’s Chart Wizard to create a chart, by default the chart takes on the number formats used in the worksheet that includes the charted data. Mary Ann Richardson shows you a way to ...

You don’t have to be an Excel expert to benefit from its best features.