If you're using a bar graph to display your data, this tip can make a big difference. Most bar graphs look like this:Image Credit: Search Engine La...

Unless you remove them from your line charts, Excel will automatically add margins before the first data point and after the last data point, as yo...

Most standard Excel graphs come pre-styled -- but these styles will often get in the way of communicating information. Shadows? Outlines? Rotations...

This falls under the previous bullet point, but I wanted to include it as its own point because it's one of the most overused data visualization ef...

Legends tell you information you can read easily on the graph. If you have a ton of X-axis categories or multiple data points per category, then us...

Ever seen a line chart with a shaded area below the line? They can make your line chart stand out.Image Credit: Andrew RobertsTo add in that shaded...