When you have too many data points to display in a dashboard chart, add a scroll bar so users can still view all the data. Sometimes a chart’s underlying data doesn’t fit in the chart window. When ...

Microsoft Excel gives you a number of tools to build, update and manipulate graphs and charts. If you want to take the data from one chart and place it on another chart, Excel gives you two ways to ...

How to make the default area chart in Microsoft Excel more attractive Your email has been sent Microsoft Excel produces great charts, but sometimes they’re not ...

When creating a chart in Microsoft Excel, there may be a lot of extra white space surrounding the actual data. When printing or sharing the chart in other applications this can create a lot of ...

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 ...

Q. As a conclusion to each project, we evaluate our project time and cost estimates for accuracy. Obviously, underestimating is a problem, but over-estimating is also a problem that leads to ...

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 ...

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A Half Pie Chart is a 180 degrees graph that represents a composition as a whole. In Microsoft Excel, you can create a half chart if your data range has a total. When a total is in your data range, ...

Excel’s REPT function is a hidden gem that can transform your bar charts from ordinary to extraordinary. This function allows you to repeat text a specified number of times, allowing you to simulate ...