One clever visual tool for highlighting a specific chart element or data point is to add a vertical bar. It might represent “today,” or simply draw attention to the worst or best moment in the ...

It's easy to turn an Excel chart into a visually compelling object. Susan Harkins walks through the steps for jazzing up data points with a simple formatting trick.

Method 3: Use COMBO Charts. 1. Open your Excel workbook and create an initial single-series chart or use an existing one. 2. Select your graph and click on the ‘Chart Design’ tab at the top of the ...

The legend on an Excel scatter plot is simply a list of the names for each of the series on the chart. The legend is color coordinated, so you can quickly determine which data points belong to ...