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 ...

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 ...

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This post will show you how to change the default chart color in Word, Excel, and PowerPoint. You can also change the default color of graphs, charts, lines, or anything else with the help of this ...

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To create data bars in Excel, select your cells and then choose data bars from Conditional Formatting.