For even the most new-to-the-program users, compiling a graph in Microsoft Excel is fairly intuitive. Excel offers a one-click option on its "Insert" menu to take data on a spreadsheet and render ...

You might add data labels or use pictures instead of a plain column in a column chart. One clever visual tool for highlighting a specific chart element or data point is to add a vertical bar.

If you want to add labels to the bubbles in an Excel bubble chart, you have to do it after you create the chart. Mary Ann Richardson explains what you need to do to add a data label to each bubble.