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 ...

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 ...

Numbers by themselves seldom convey the big picture. Excel Charts makes it easy to illustrate trends in your business, from past expenses and profit to sales forecasts based on previous sales. T*o* ...