As business people and marketers, we traffic in data. It’s what we use to make decisions (even gut decisions). Data is also how we communicate the status of things and how we make the case for change.

To display a record of information in a graphical interface, pie charts, bar diagrams, and other such chart diagrams are the best ways to present or communicate information visually. If you don’t have ...

Most Excel chart types are overkill, and these five prove it.

Pie charts are a common choice for visualizing data, but their limitations often make them less effective in professional or technical contexts. As explained by Leila Gharani, pie charts struggle to ...

Microsoft Excel's chart feature makes it pretty simple to "get your piece of the pie" into a spreadsheet, but once you've added that visual, it may seem like you're stuck. Whether you need additional ...

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 ...

What an outstanding group of readers I have! Both the quality and the quantity of entries to the Graph Makeover Contest were amazing. There were 29 entries to the first part of the contest which ...