Business Objects has released a free, lightweight version of its spreadsheet visualization software Crystal Xcelsius. Called CX NOW, it’s a Windows desktop application that connects with Excel, ...

It offers four tabs under Visualize that include Chart type, Refine, Annotate, and Layout. The last one lets you view your ...

The ease with which you can create a line graph in Excel on your PC or Mac will do much to dispel the misconception that the program is arcane and unapproachable. With just three clicks of a mouse (or ...

With spreadsheets, you store and analyze sets of data, which is key in many businesses. Spreadsheets offer a range of automated functions to perform calculations on data in addition to building graphs ...

You can make a bar graph in Google Sheets to make the data in your spreadsheet more digestible, useful, and visually appealing. Once you select the data in your spreadsheet needed for a graph, you can ...

line graph – to show a change over time pie chart – show the individual parts that make up a whole bar chart – compare things that aren’t directly related scatter graph – look for a pattern or link ...

Data close dataInformation collected in the form of numbers. is very useful. It can help us to answer questions, make decisions and solve problems. Before we can use data it needs to be collected. A ...

I learned, belatedly, that last October 17 was Spreadsheet Day, marking the 35th anniversary of VisiCalc, the Apple II program that started it all. This moved me to republish a long piece I wrote 30 ...

I strongly suspect the world is divided into two types of people, those who lovingly have personal spreadsheets and those who don’t. So let me say it once, and say it loud, I’m a nerd and I’m proud! I ...