Learn how to create a chart in Excel and add a trendline. Visualize your data with a column, bar, pie, line, or scatter chart (or graph) in Office.

A waterfall chart shows a running total as values are added or subtracted. It's useful for understanding how an initial value (for example, net income) is affected by a series of positive …

Creating charts has never been a one-step process, but we’ve made it easier to complete all of the steps in Excel 2013. Get started with a chart that’s recommended for your data, and then …

Learn best ways to select a range of data to create a chart, and how that data needs to be arranged for specific charts.

Create a Map chart in Excel to display geographic data by value or category. Map charts are compatible with Geography data types to customize your results.

Learn how to add a trendline in Excel, PowerPoint, and Outlook to display visual data trends. Format a trend or moving average line to a chart.

Use the Chart Design and Format tabs to customize the look of your chart. If you don't see these tabs, select anywhere in the box and whisker chart to add the Chart Design to the ribbon.

In the chart, select the data series that you want to plot on a secondary axis, and then click Chart Design tab on the ribbon. For example, in a line chart, click one of the lines in the chart, and all …

Create a Pareto graph in Office 2016 to display data sorted into frequencies for further analysis. Pareto charts are especially effective in analyzing data with many causes and are often used …

Set varying colors of data markers (bars, columns, lines, pie or doughnut slices, dots, and other shapes) automatically in an Office chart.