Microsoft Excel is a powerful spreadsheet platform used to organize and interpret data. With Excel, you make calculations and analyze statistical data based on columns and rows of information. Excel ...

So, select any cell in your formatted Excel table, and in the Insert Tab on the ribbon, click the top half of the split ...

Change an Excel chart’s minimum axis value for a cleaner look Your email has been sent If you have uneven distribution of data in your Excel chart, here is a better way to change the automatic axis ...

Graphs in Microsoft Excel typically chart time on the horizontal axis. Time is the independent variable in most relationships and dependent variables appear on the vertical axis. Some charts, though, ...

Please note: This item is from our archives and was published in 2007. It is provided for historical reference. The content may be out of date and links may no longer function. Excel usually does a ...

Sometimes when I’m working with an Excel worksheet and I want a cell to look a certain way, I run into what appears to be a limitation in the program. It might be trying to enter product numbers with ...

To create a bi-directional mirror bar chart in Excel, you will have to start with the Stacked Bar In the 2-D Bar section. Here are the detailed steps to be followed. In the 2-D Bar section, select the ...

Excel’s REPT function is a hidden gem that can transform your bar charts from ordinary to extraordinary. This function allows you to repeat text a specified number of times, allowing you to simulate ...

When you use Excel's Chart Wizard to create a chart, by default the chart takes on the number formats used in the worksheet that includes the charted data. Mary Ann Richardson shows you a way to ...

In my post on table formatting, I demonstrated how to transform your static data into a simple yet sexy database in a matter of seconds. If you don’t know how to use table formatting, go read that ...