Make the chart easier to read What can you do to make the chart easier to read? Display the values as data labels on the columns. Press with right mouse button on on a stacked column Press with left mouse button on "Add Data Labels" Repeat step 1 and 2 for each column color. Select...
However, spreadsheets have grown from simple grids to powerful tools, functioning like databases or apps that perform numerous calculations on a single sheet. You can use a spreadsheet to determine your mortgage payments over time, or to help calculate the depreciation of assets and how it will a...
What we like:The color-coded bars provide immediate visual feedback, while the ability to quickly publish and share this chart in Excel helps improve team collaboration. Going the Distance with Gantt Gantt charts are a great way to track project schedules and see at-a-glance where overlaps occ...
A heat map in Excel is a color-coded snapshot of your data, which helps you analyze thousands of data points and spot negative and positive trends and correlations at a glance. Lighter colors represent lower values. Darker shades stand for higher ones. Though, you can invert them. For exa...
4. Make a Task List and Add Task Bars Once done formatting thetimeline,it’s time to start mapping tasks or project plans. In the example below, we’ll use the Excel timeline to visualize a project that the product team will execute, which is to develop the new product called “XYZ.”...
To make a dynamic named range in Excel, you can use the following generic formula: OFFSET(first_cell, 0, 0, COUNTA(range), 1) Where: first_cell- the first item to be included in the named range, for example $A$1. range- an absolute reference to the entire column such as $A:$A...
In Excel, create a drop-down list can help you a lot, and sometimes, you need to color coded the drop down list values depending on the corresponding selected. For instance, I have created a drop-down list of the fruit names, when I select Apple, I need the cell is colored with red...
Excel will automatically create a scatter plot for you in the same sheet as your data, using the first column of your dataset as the horizontal (X) axis, and the second column as your vertical (Y) axis. A quick note here: in creating scatter plots,a common practice is to make the ho...
The downside with this approach is that the formula is hard-coded meaning if you change the Excel Table name this formula still references the old name. You need to adjust this formula as well. You can also create a "named range" and reference the Excel Table headers there...
Use this step-by-step how-to and discover the easiest and fastest way to make a chart or graph in Excel. Learn when to use certain chart types and graphical elements.