Microsoft Excel gives you a boatload of options for changing the format of color charts. You can change the layout of a chart, then customize that layout to the format you prefer. For example, you can ...

Learn Excel with this beginner tutorial in just 15 minutes. What’s covered: - Excel basics: layout, cells, and the ribbon - ...

Have you ever struggled to make sense of a dataset with too many categories or time-based data? It’s a common challenge—how do you present individual contributions while still showing the bigger ...

Microsoft Excel's default column charts are fine for a quick glance, but they often feel generic and don't tell the whole story. By making a few small tweaks and using hidden data series, I turn ...

When you create a graph that includes dates, Excel 2013 automatically spaces the data in chronological order. This behavior potentially creates irregular spacing with unpredictable formatting. If the ...

In Microsoft Excel, to draw attention to a specific marker in a line chart, drop in a thin line, think of it as a marker. There are lots of ways to highlight a specific element in a Microsoft Excel ...

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, ...