10 ways to format Excel data so that people can actually understand it Your email has been sent Tell the truth, now. When you see a new worksheet arrive in your Inbox, your pulse doesn’t exactly ...

Turn generic columns into custom visuals by adding floating totals, nesting series, and layering simultaneous data labels.

For even the most new-to-the-program users, compiling a graph in Microsoft Excel is fairly intuitive. Excel offers a one-click option on its "Insert" menu to take data on a spreadsheet and render it ...

The Chart Wizard of earlier versions may be gone in Excel 2007, but creating charts is still as easy as ever. Beyond building basic charts there are various techniques you can use to make your charts ...

It’s not hard to add an alternating band format to a table by applying a table style. It’s quick and easy, but it’s limited. You’ll get a single-row fill color that alternates with a row of white (or ...