Excel has always been my go-to for charts and graphs. It gets the job done, and for quick internal reports, Excel templates ...

Microsoft Excel is well known for creating charts for marketing purposes, and it has features to perform various calculations. Charts are a graphical representation of your data, and they make showing ...

If you have the latest version of Microsoft Excel, you might have noticed that the appearance of its charts have improved dramatically compared to the Windows 95-style graphics from older versions of ...

A control chart plots measured values along with upper and lower quality control limits. Values appearing outside these limits are unacceptable and could indicate a manufacturing problem. Although ...

Create a report using charts: Select Insert > Recommended Charts, then choose the one you want to add to the report sheet. Create a report with pivot tables: Select Insert > PivotTable. Select the ...

Two weeks ago I announced a bad graph contest to try to encourage software vendors to improve their offerings. Readers nominated a number of bad graphs for the contest. This post discusses some of the ...

Documenting 3D printing data reveals trends, helps with budgeting, and boosts confidence in the printing process. Analyzing printing data saves time and money, aids in spotting patterns for supply ...

Transforming your company's financial data into visuals may be old hat after you've added Microsoft Excel's charts and graphs feature to your roster, but those graphics can seem to float in a sea of ...

We all know that Excel can make some gorgeous charts and graphs, but if you are like 30 Rock's Liz Lemon and don't know your scatter plot from your triangle graph ("I don't know. It sounded real!"), ...