Use historical data to forecast trends to use in sales, budgets, marketing and more. Excel provides accessible tools to create a graph and display the linear equation.

Displaying values on a map chart is more meaningful than handing someone a sheet of data. Thanks to Microsoft Excel's Geography data type, creating a map chart is easier than you might think.

Learn how to use Excel’s TREND and FORECAST functions to predict future values based on existing data. These functions are essential for data analysis and forecasting trends.

To determine this future value of your money using Microsoft Excel, you'll need to perform some basic calculations based on the interest rate, how often the interest compounds and how long you ...

When the relationship between the charted entities is less important than the individual entities, try using these two chart techniques to highlight important details in Microsoft Excel.

You can make a bar graph in Excel by first selecting the range you want to depict, and then using the dropdown menu to select the desired chart.

Learn what present value (PV) and future value (FV) are and how to calculate present value in Excel given the future value, interest rate, and period.

Excel 2016's many new features include six new chart types. Here we cover Histogram, Pareto, and Waterfall, which cover statistical, trend, and other relationships.