Microsoft recently made some significant enhancements to its Visio add-in for Excel, enabling users to create Visio diagrams from within Excel. Here's how it works.

Learn how to make a flowchart in Microsoft Excel without using any external add-on - but with SmartArt Graphics or Shapes Tool.

An elimination bracket takes the form of a tree diagram, similar to those in genealogy to track family trees. However, the sports-bracket tree tracks games in steps toward the championship game.

The SmartArt graphic feature offered in Microsoft Office can create an Organization Chart in Microsoft Excel, Word, PowerPoint and Outlook.