One of the most important skills in Visual Design is being able to improve the formatting of your Excel charts. Even if your displaying the exact same data set, the formatting of a chart can make a huge difference in terms of effectively communicating your data. For any given chart, there is always some level of ...
For stacked bar charts, Excel 2010 allows you to add data labels only to the individual components of the stacked bar chart. The basic chart function does not allow you to add a total data label that accounts for the sum of the individual components. Fortunately, creating these labels manually is a fairly simply process. Step ...
The chart on the bottom is Excel’s default formatting while the chart on the top has been heavily updated. Looking at both charts together, most people would agree that the chart on the top looks better. The purpose of Visual Design is to explain why the first chart looks better and do so from a ...
VLOOKUP MATCH is one of several possible lookup formulas within Microsoft Excel. This tutorial assumes you already have a decent understanding of how to use VLOOKUP. If you do not, please click here for a beginner’s tutorial on VLOOKUP. Objective VLOOKUP MATCH is an improved variation of your basic VLOOKUP or INDEX MATCH formula. Using VLOOKUP MATCH ...
There’s a possibility that you’ve arrived at this page with the intent of pirating a copy of Microsoft Excel or Office. My post below only covers legitimate means of acquiring Excel. There are several drawbacks to using an unauthorized copy of Microsoft software: Microsoft’s anti-piracy is becoming more and more effective at preventing illegal use, ...
The majority of people who are really good at Microsoft Excel will tell you that they gained their knowledge simply through experience. When I was a management consulting analyst, I’d frequently be given tasks that I thought were impossible with a spreadsheet; the process of coming up with an Excel solution was what really established ...
PDF stands for Portable Document Format. This file format was created by Adobe to ease the process of transferring documents between users. Converting your Excel file to PDF format is a useful exercise for a number of reasons. Doing so will: Prevent others from editing your file Give your document a more professional look In most cases reduce ...
Within the 2010 version, Microsoft Excel still does not have a feature to selectively highlight specific regions of your chart backgrounds. For example, in the chart below, let’s say that I want to highlight ONLY the third quarter periods of the year (July, August, and September). There are basically two ways to perform this task manually. ...
For most Excel users, VLOOKUP is the first complex formula they learn. Performing a lookup is an extremely valuable function for any situation where you’re dealing with large data sets. While the VLOOKUP function itself has become somewhat dated, as there are other better alternatives such as INDEX MATCH, it is still important to learn ...
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