Charts and sparklines are powerful data visualization tools in Excel. Here’s a guide to the most popular chart types in Excel and how to best use them. Microsoft Excel offers a plethora of tools for ...

Let’s say you are showing data to students and you want to talk about the changes in certain data over time. You can quickly highlight the trends by using sparklines, which are mini graphs of selected ...

Add sales trend sparklines next to the PivotTable. Verify that the NE PivotTable worksheet is selected and that cell F6 is selected. Select Insert→Line. In the Create Sparklines dialog box, in the ...

Charts and graphs are ideal ways to visually display data. But you may have a spreadsheet without the space for a large chart or simply want a small graph to see data at a glance as you work on it.

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While the introduction of native support for sparklines and other microcharts in Excel 2010 was welcome, Excel is still lacking more advanced visualisation features. I came across Sparklines for Excel ...

If you are looking to learn and understand the basics of Microsoft Excel, this tutorial will guide you through all the essential features you need to know. Excel is the premier application used by ...