One way to improve your spreadsheet is to present data in chart form, and Excel is a great program for doing just this. However, Excel's overwhelming number of menus often results in some of the most ...

Line Chart . A line chart shows changes over time in a data set by connecting two data points with a line. It's useful when you have continuous data (e.g., height, weight, temperature, and stock ...

How to use a burndown chart created in Excel With a quick glance, you can review progress — or lack thereof. Your aim will be to keep the blue line above the red line, but most likely it will ...

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 ...