To create data bars in Excel, select your cells and then choose data bars from Conditional Formatting.

Microsoft Excel lets you swiftly create a variety of useful records to log sales calls, service calls and other kinds of call information you need to run your business. In just a few minutes, you can ...

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What is a Custom Template? When you work with Excel, you often find yourself performing the same tasks repeatedly. This is where creating custom templates can be a catalyst. By learning how to create ...

A Column Chart can be used to create the most common form of a timeline in Excel, which consists of a horizontal layout with a time-based X-axis and events or milestones plotted along it. To create a ...

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You can make a line graph in Excel in a matter of seconds using data already entered into the spreadsheet.

Usually, if you share an Excel spreadsheet with someone, that person is able to freely edit the spreadsheet. In some cases, you may want to send someone a spreadsheet with data but you also want to ...

If you want to create a dashboard in Microsoft Excel, this post will help you. A dashboard is a type of graphical representation that depicts the key performance indicators for a particular topic or ...

Q. I often use watermarks in Microsoft Word to indicate that the document is a “Draft” or “Confidential.” However, the options to create a watermark are not in Microsoft Excel. I want to indicate that ...

Excel macros are like mini-programs that perform repetitive tasks, saving you a lot of time and typing. For example, it takes Excel less than one-tenth of a second to calculate an entire, massive ...