To create data bars in Excel, select your cells and then choose data bars from Conditional Formatting. Data bars are a kind of conditional formatting, with the bar length based on the value of the ...

Excel's conditional formatting data bars seem easy to use, but they can cause more problems than they solve, creating a "rule rot" mess and causing a massive lag in large worksheets. Switching to the ...

In this post, we’ll show you how to create progress bars in Excel on a Windows 11/10 PC. Progress bars are quite popular in Excel. They’re often used to display task completion percentages, monitor ...

Create a self-updating Excel checklist with checkboxes, IFS due-date priority, and a progress data bar for faster tracking.

Microsoft Excel has more dataviz capabilities than you may realize. Find out how to make your data stand out with charts, PivotTables, sparklines, slicers and more. Everyone knows Microsoft Excel as a ...

Excel’s chart features can turn your spreadsheet data into compelling visual communications—if you know what to do. This guide will walk you through the basics of setting up trends, percentages, ...

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 ...