While static Excel charts are adequate for basic data analysis, they fall short when you want to explore trends, compare scenarios, and truly interact with your information. Here is where dynamic ...

When you insert a chart by clicking the respective option in Microsoft Excel, it uses a fixed range of cells. In other words, it doesn’t display new entry automatically, whereas a dynamic chart ...

Enter the “Column Column Chart” in Microsoft Excel, a clever visualization technique that combines category-level data with overall totals to tell a more complete story.

One way to get around this issue is to convert the Excel table to a range by selecting any cell in the table, and clicking ...

Create dynamic visuals using Excel’s REPT function, which repeats characters to form visual elements. This technique is particularly useful for creating in-cell charts or enhancing existing ...

Using a scatter chart automatically plots the ranges against their frequencies, but using a column graph creates a familiar histogram type chart. Open Microsoft Excel and list your data in column A.

Image: PixieMe/Shutterstock. Over the last few months, I’ve written several articles about Excel’s newish dynamic array functions.In many cases, they can replace older, more complex expressions.

Image: PixieMe/Adobe Stock. There are lots of ways to highlight a specific element in a Microsoft Excel chart. You might add data labels or use pictures instead of a plain column in a column chart.

In Excel, it is straightforward to insert a Gantt chart or a Dynamic chart. However, the problem starts when you include more cells or columns after inserting a chart in a spreadsheet.

You can also choose a 3-D chart to add some aesthetic texture to the graph. These different graph options are relatively easy to create in Excel when you're looking to visually represent a data range.