When you have a massive Excel workbook overflowing with data, trying to make sense of it can feel like a tough task at times. Be it sales data, client names, product segments, dates, or geographical ...

Changing the table style, or color scheme, that is used in a chart will make it stand out on the spreadsheet. After creating either a regular or pivot table, go to the "Design" tab that appears in ...

Launch Excel. Create a table or use an existing table. Highlight the data in your table. On the Insert tab in the Charts group, click the See All Charts arrow. An Insert Chart dialog box will open.

In Excel, users can add predefined layouts and styles to format their charts quickly. In this tutorial, we will explain how to apply layouts and styles to your chart in Microsoft Excel.

Much of the data that you use Excel to analyze comes in a list form. You might need to sort the data, filter it, sum it, and perhaps even chart it. Excel tables provide superior tools for working ...

For deeper dives, check out my earlier articles on creating relational tables and creating relational databases. How to create an Excel table 1. First, enter the field names in the columns across ...

You could leave the chart as is, as a combo chart, as shown in Figure D, but let’s remove the lines so it’s strictly a floating bar chart. Figure D To finish the Excel chart, delete the lines.

Click the mouse. Excel will select the chart, surrounding it with a thicker, light gray border. Press "Backspace" or "Delete." The embedded chart will vanish from the worksheet.

Test & Measurement Europe. Download the pdf. Last year, Alicia Viskoe and I wrote about how to use a free ActiveX control to communicate with instruments through Visual Basic. 1 In that article, we ...