You can easily create a drop-down list in Excel to limit the values that can be entered in a column. Here's how to set one up.

Excel spreadsheets can often contain large amounts of data ranging across broad categories. For example, a sales spreadsheet might record sales of products across multiple departments, or within ...

You can make a bar graph in Excel by first selecting the range you want to depict, and then using the dropdown menu to select the desired chart.

Microsoft Excel is a power-packed program with some of the best tools for people working in data-related fields. It provides users with a seamless blending of advanced calculations, pivot tables, ...

The X-axis, which is the horizontal axis, on most Excel charts does not use numeric intervals like the vertical Y-axis does. The X-axis contains either strings of text or a date under each set of data ...

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, ...

Dynamic dropdowns in Excel allow you to create dependent lists where options in one are dependent on what you selected in another. They are a smart way to streamline data entry: instead of scrolling ...

How to add a single vertical bar to a Microsoft Excel line chart Your email has been sent There are lots of ways to highlight a specific element in a Microsoft Excel chart. You might add data labels ...

Microsoft Excel's Data Validation tool lets you add a drop-down list to a cell based on existing data in a column. However, how this works depends on whether the source data is part of a formatted ...