Basic Excel Chart Skills

  • 7 Steps to make a professional looking column graph in Excel or PowerPoint

    A column graph or chart is used to compare values to each other. It typically compares values in only a single data series. It is simple to create in Excel or PowerPoint, but making it look professional takes attention to the details of the graph. Here are 7 steps to turn the default column graph……

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  • How to choose the right chart in Excel

    How do you choose the right chart to report results or analysis? Don’t select a chart or graph just because it looks cool or pretty. In this video I share the two big issues with putting spreadsheets on slides, the three reasons business professionals put spreadsheets on slides, and introduce a structured way to identify……

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  • Get started creating a chart in Excel

    Never created a chart in Excel and want to learn the basics? Start with this article and video (also below) by Excel MVP Leila Gharani. Have an Excel chart you or someone else created and you want to copy it so you can use the same formatting with different data? Here’s how to do that from Excel MVP Jon……

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  • 3 Steps you can take to spend less time updating Excel charts each month (Hint: use a strategic approach to your Excel chart worksheet)

    With organizations measuring more metrics than ever before, the time it takes to update all the charts you create for senior managers seems to increase each month. You’ve streamlined the analysis using tools in Excel like Power Query, Pivot tables, and various formulas. Once you’ve identified the insights you need to communicate, it takes a……

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  • Online Excel support

    I don’t offer technical support so if you have a question about Excel charting or Excel in general, here are the online forums you can use to seek an answer or ask a question. Microsoft TechCommunity MrExcel forums ExcelGuru.com forums Microsoft Answers forum

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