One of the advantages of using Excel as your spreadsheet application is that you can display a simple piece of information just as effectively as a complicated collection of data. For instance, you ...

A percentile graph visualizes the percentiles of a given data set. The graph will show a box suspended on the graph that represents the area between the 25th and 75th percentile. The graph will also ...

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 ...

It's time to dump the pie charts and move to donuts or even waterfalls to show off your data in ways people can better grasp. Have you noticed that people groan when you pop open a spreadsheet to ...

Staring at gray grids all day? Same here—until I learned a one-step visual hack for Excel. It’s fast, doesn’t need fancy add-ons, and instantly makes data clearer and more fun to work with. There's a ...

Learn how to create stacked and clustered bar charts in Excel with updated tips and step-by-step instructions for clear data ...

Excel is probably Microsoft’s most popular developer tool. With a built-in functional programming language that now supports lambdas and variables, Excel has become a tool that people build businesses ...

Clear data visuals are among the most powerful tools a foundation or nonprofit can use to communicate progress, inform decisions, and build trust with stakeholders. A successful chart shows at a ...

Data is rarely properly formatted and structured when you import it. Try these eight tips for fast data cleanup in Microsoft Excel. Data comes in from an increasing number of sources these days. For ...

Part I of our series on graph analytics introduced us to graph analytics, and its brethren graph databases. We talked about the use of graph analytics to understand and visualize relationships between ...