One way to improve your spreadsheet is to present data in chart form, and Excel is a great program for doing just this. However, Excel's overwhelming number of menus often results in some of the most ...

Is your chart boring? Try Excel’s people chart to liven things up. Susan Harkins shows you how. A people chart is an infographic, which leads me to a second definition. An infographic tells a story, ...

Q. My supervisor wants me to include more data visualizations in my projects. Do you have any suggestions? A. Data visualization transforms raw data into graphical representations, making complex ...

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 X may be a champ with numbers, but when it comes to displaying numerical information graphically, Excel’s standard chart formats don’t pack a lot of punch. But this doesn’t have to be ...

Ever found yourself staring at a cluttered Excel dashboard, wondering if there’s a better way to present your data? Speedometer charts might seem like a flashy solution, but are they really the most ...

When you create a chart in Excel, you get a clean, standard design that does a decent job of presenting your data. Right after inserting the chart, the ribbon also surfaces a set of recommended, ...

Charts and sparklines are powerful data visualization tools in Excel. Here’s a guide to the most popular chart types in Excel and how to best use them. Microsoft Excel offers a plethora of tools for ...

In this guide, we show you how to create a Pareto chart in Excel. Excel is the best. Though we have many free and paid alternatives, the ease with which we can create complex data sheets and perform ...

Whether working with a team or alone, you need to maintain a project’s schedule. One tool that can keep you on track is a burndown chart created in Microsoft Excel. These are line charts that compare ...