This productivity feature explores how to build a monthly comparison bar chart in Excel. It highlights organizing data, selecting chart types, and using visualization tools to make reports easier to ...

Learn how to create a bubble chart in Microsoft Excel to compare three sets of numerical data in a single visualization. This ...

Waterfall charts are powerful visual tools that can help you understand the cumulative effect of sequentially introduced positive or negative values. They are particularly useful in financial analysis ...

When you open Excel and start working with data, you might wonder how to visualize the distribution of your data points. This is where a Histogram Chart comes into play. A Histogram Chart is a type of ...

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 ...

Even though you corrected the numbers in the original Excel file, the old bar chart remains on the meeting slide. Before pasting it again, look at what you actually pasted into PowerPoint. Even if ...

Stacked charts in Microsoft Excel are a practical way to display three or more data series. A clustered chart is very similar to a stacked chart, and displays clustered columns that compare values ...

Microsoft Excel produces great charts, but sometimes they’re not visually pleasing. Learn how to change a few formats to yield a professional-looking chart within minutes. Area charts do a great job ...

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, ...

Overview:  Excel organizes data, performs calculations, and creates charts, while Word helps present findings in polished ...

It's time to dump the pie charts and move to donuts or even waterfalls to show off your data in ways people can better grasp. Have you noticed that people groan when you pop open a spreadsheet to ...

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 ...