Excel 2007's secondary axis feature enables you to view two different data series with two distinct scales, all on the same chart. Use this feature to view your business' sales and inventory figures ...

The X-axis, which is the horizontal axis, on most Excel charts does not use numeric intervals like the vertical Y-axis does. The X-axis contains either strings of text or a date under each set of data ...

If you have uneven distribution of data in your Excel chart, here is a better way to change the automatic axis settings. If an Excel chart’s vertical axis is incremented by 20,000, and most of its ...

Please note: This item is from our archives and was published in 2007. It is provided for historical reference. The content may be out of date and links may no longer function. Excel usually does a ...

Common Excel visuals like pies, 3D charts, and dual axes often mislead more than they clarify data.

Whether presenting a project at school, delivering a critical report at work, or simply trying to make sense of your budget, graphs are efficient and visually appealing means of conveying complex ...

Charts and sparklines are powerful data visualization tools in Excel. Here’s a guide to the most popular chart types in Excel and how to best use them. Microsoft Excel offers a plethora of tools for ...

Forbes contributors publish independent expert analyses and insights. I help people communicate data clearly with graphs. The solution is simple: interchange the axes to use a horizontal bar chart ...

When you use Excel’s Chart Wizard to create a chart, by default the chart takes on the number formats used in the worksheet that includes the charted data. Mary Ann Richardson shows you a way to ...