A date-and-cost line chart tracks a commodity's changing price over time. Economists use such diagrams to display broad market trends and predict future prices. Businesses that restock continually use ...

If you understand the definition of a mathematical function, a good way to judge it is that any line drawn parallel to the y-axis intersects with the values in the function’s curve only once. The same ...

The ease with which you can create a line graph in Excel on your PC or Mac will do much to dispel the misconception that the program is arcane and unapproachable. With just three clicks of a mouse (or ...

Pivot tables are an advanced method of arranging organized data and using formulae in Microsoft Excel. We could use standalone formulae over rows and columns but upon adding or deleting rows these ...

I have three values. On the X axis I want the date and time, and on the Y axis I want my reading. My data set looks like this: Code: Date Time Reading 11/30/2011 0934 212 11/30/2011 1252 272 ...

Microsoft Office products, including Excel, come with a feature allowing you to create an organization chart listing the hierarchy of a business. Once created, the graphic displays the boss at the top ...

Microsoft Excel is arguably the greatest spreadsheet application from Redmond, and there’s a good reason so many number crunchers use it for all of their number crunching needs. While using Microsoft ...

When you have too many data points to display in a dashboard chart, add a scroll bar so users can still view all the data. Sometimes a chart’s underlying data doesn’t fit in the chart window. When ...

Is your chart boring? Try Excel’s people chart to liven things up. Susan Harkins shows you how. A people chart is an infographic, which leads me to a second definition. An infographic tells a story, ...