Type your data or use existing data from your file. Highlight the range of cells containing your data. Then click the Insert tab and click the Insert Column or Bar Chart button. Click the Clustered ...

Charts are helpful for us to show information to an audience in graphics to make it easier to understand. There are a variety of charts available in Microsoft Excel, such as Pie, Column, Line, ...

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, ...

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 ...

A Gantt chart is a visual representation of tasks on a timeline. Excel has no option to easily insert a Gantt chart into your spreadsheet. Creating a Gantt chart in Excel involves preparing data, ...

The Quick Analysis menu won't replace everything you do in Excel, but it handles the repetitive stuff faster than navigating through ribbons. This shortcut eliminates most of the steps for you if you ...

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