Intermediate Excel Chart Skills

Conditional formatting for donut chart

Jon Acampora of Excel Campus has created two videos on creating a donut chart that has conditional formatting so that the segment that represents progress changes color based on the percentage value. The first video goes over the basic steps to create a donut chart. The second video extends this to add conditional formatting to……
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“Torn paper” look for non-zero axis; Issue #436 April 2 2019

In my Twitter feed I saw a number of well respected data visualization experts liking a recent article by RJ Andrews for the Data Visualization Society. In it he talks about the issue of starting the axis of a graph at a value other than zero. This is a common topic in the dataviz world……
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Comparing only one value to a standard; Issue #432 February 5 2019

When you want to compare values to a standard, such as comparing output in various production plants to the goal, a dashed line on a column graph is a good visual to use. The dashed line runs across the graph and it is easy to see if each column is above or below the goal.……
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Conditional formatting for donut chart