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 ...

You can make a bar graph in Excel by first selecting the range of data you want to depict, and then using the dropdown menu to select the desired chart. A bar graph represents the data of an Excel ...

Data can often feel overwhelming—rows upon rows of numbers, scattered information, and endless spreadsheets that seem to blur together. If you’ve ever stared at a dataset wondering how to make sense ...

Charts and sparklines are powerful data visualization tools in Excel. Here’s a guide to the most popular chart types in Excel and how to best use them. Microsoft Excel offers a plethora of tools for ...