This post recommends using Trellis plots instead of 3D bar charts for three-dimensional (three variable) data. In Winner of the Bad Graph Contest Announced, I promised to present alternatives to Excel ...

Excel's conditional formatting data bars seem easy to use, but they can cause more problems than they solve, creating a "rule rot" mess and causing a massive lag in large worksheets. Switching to the ...

Microsoft Excel, a spreadsheet and data analysis program, is available as a stand-alone program or as a component of the Microsoft Office productivity suite. Excel 2007 included a number of new ...

In Microsoft Excel, to draw attention to a specific marker in a line chart, drop in a thin line, think of it as a marker. There are lots of ways to highlight a specific element in a Microsoft Excel ...

Two columns or rows of data in Microsoft Excel may contain useful information, but you'll just have a set of numbers. You can give spreadsheet viewers a graphical representation of those numbers by ...