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A Pictograph or a Pictogram is a chart that uses pictures to represent data. A Pictogram chart is represented the same way as a bar chart, but instead of using bars, they use pictures to display the ...

Create a report using charts: Select Insert > Recommended Charts, then choose the one you want to add to the report sheet. Create a report with pivot tables: Select Insert > PivotTable. Select the ...

Using Excel’s PivotTables and PivotCharts, you can quickly analyze large data sets, summarize key data, and present it in easy-to-read format. Here’s how to get started with these powerful tools.

One option for sharing reports with your team is to simply rattle off numbers. Think something like this: "We allocated 10% of operating budget to maintenance, 15% to hardware upgrades, 18% to ...

Viewing the distribution of related values from one entity to another is a frequent request, and that’s where Microsoft Excel floating bar charts can help. Instead of starting from the X axis, the low ...

Have you ever struggled to make sense of a dataset with too many categories or time-based data? It’s a common challenge—how do you present individual contributions while still showing the bigger ...

Have you ever come across a Wall Street Journal chart and thought, “Wow, I wish I could create something that polished”? Whether you’re preparing for a big presentation, crafting a report, or simply ...

How to add a single vertical bar to a Microsoft Excel line chart Your email has been sent There are lots of ways to highlight a specific element in a Microsoft Excel chart. You might add data labels ...