Once you've mastered some of the more straightforward Excel charts, try using some that offer more specific functions and data visualization.

Chart the Summary Data Click "Insert" in Excel's ribbon. Click "Pie" in the Charts group, and click one of the "2D Pie Chart" options to create a blank chart. Right-click the chart.

The Excel application automates the process of generating charts from existing data sets. If a spreadsheet already contains updated data, the chart function can transform this data into a chart ...

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.

Excel measures the distance between data points in a chart as a percentage. In this example, the gap width is 50%, meaning the space between each column is half the width of the columns themselves.

It's time to dump the pie charts and move to donuts or even waterfalls to show off your data in ways people can better grasp.

With Excel's versatile chart tool, putting together data visualizations is as easy as pie (groan).

A Microsoft Excel spreadsheet is among the most versatile business tools. Here’s a full guide on how to create a simple and effective Gantt chart in Excel.

Use these methods to import charts from Excel to PPT. You can copy-paste and link data from Excel to PowerPoint using these instructions.

For decades, Excel has been the primary tool ­accountants use to summarize or chart data. Tableau also handles these tasks well. For someone who’s familiar with Excel, it may seem easier to use Excel, ...