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Whether presenting a project at school, delivering a critical report at work, or simply trying to make sense of your budget, graphs are efficient and visually appealing means of conveying complex ...

The ease with which you can create a line graph in Excel on your PC or Mac will do much to dispel the misconception that the program is arcane and unapproachable. With just three clicks of a mouse (or ...

Microsoft Excel 2010 features a tool set that offers you the option of performing assorted functions on your data, including turning that data into a graph. Your Excel graph will be inserted into your ...

For even the most new-to-the-program users, compiling a graph in Microsoft Excel is fairly intuitive. Excel offers a one-click option on its "Insert" menu to take data on a spreadsheet and render it ...

In this tutorial, we will explain how to make a Step Chart in Microsoft Excel. Charts are known to many as a graphical representation of data that people can use to explain a point to their audiences.

Follow the steps to make a Run Chart in Microsoft Excel: Run charts are used to monitor the performance of the process over time with a focus on process improvement; it displays the measurement of the ...

So, you want to know how to create a scatter plot in Excel. Chances are, you probably already know what the term means, but given Microsoft Excel’s arsenal of options packed into each tab, getting ...

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, ...

Having covered all the basics of how to make tabular data tell a story using custom cell formatting and conditional formatting for both static tables and pivot tables, we’re now going to jump into the ...

Viewing the distribution of related values from one entity to another is a frequent request, and that’s where Microsoft Excel floating bar charts can help. Instead of starting from the X axis, the low ...

Have you ever come across a Wall Street Journal chart and thought, “Wow, I wish I could create something that polished”? Whether you’re preparing for a big presentation, crafting a report, or simply ...