Once you've identified the part of your chart you want to format, Excel presents a range of icons for you to click. Which icons you see depends on which part you've selected to format.

Microsoft 365 Copilot can help you in multiple ways in Excel, including creating formulas and charts, mining spreadsheets for insights, and more. Preston Gralla / Foundry In my testing, I found ...

Image: 200degrees/Adobe Stock. Area charts do a great job of exposing trends in Microsoft Excel data. The good news is that they’re easy to create; the bad news is that the default chart is ...

A burndown chart is easy to create in Excel, but setting up the data takes a good understanding of what the chart represents. You’ll need three columns, as shown in Figure A .

TL;DR Key Takeaways : Wall Street Journal-style charts, known for their clean and professional design, can be replicated in Excel using techniques like line charts with filled areas, radar charts ...

In Excel, you can’t freeze panes, manage more sophisticated chart types, or create drawing objects. A lot of the core functionality is available, though. What you can do with Excel on mobile ...

Excel makes a very strong first impression, but it’s pretty identical to other Microsoft Office apps. You can open a blank sheet, dig through your OneDrive files, or pick a template.