Scatter charts are a great way to present the relationship between two data points
In my example, I’m using a scatter charts to monitor student test results – I want to compare their latest test score against how that score has changed from their last test.
When you first upgrade to Windows 10, your Task Bar will include two new components – the search box (or Cortana if you’ve enabled this) and the Task View button next to it. If, like me, you find it a little obtrusive, the good news is that it’s very easy to remove or minimise these
In SSRS, if you’re building an expression to manage, for example, the background colour of a cell / shape, it’s easy to fall into the ‘Transparent Trap’ When building an expression, it’s easy to use the expression builder to add constants and built-in values. This is particularly true of the colour pallet, given you
It’s been a little while since I’ve posted anything. This is because I’ve recently taken up a new role in a different company, which I’m now about 7 weeks into. As you can imagine, my focus has been on settling into my new role, so have had little chance to get any updates on here.
If you’re borrowing or saving money, and want to compare rates, perhaps perform some What If analysis, there are built in function in Excel which can quickly help you PMT() The main one is PMT() This function takes a value, a rate and a ‘number of periods’ value and gives you the repayment. There are also
Can you believe that with all the articles I’ve written to this site, I’ve yet to do one specific to Word? Which is ironic, given I write and publish most of the articles from Word.
There is of course a logical reason for that – it’s just not a tool I use as much as other applications.
And, you’ll be comforted to know, this article isn’t a complete departure from my more frequent Excel related articles!
(I’ve written the article based on using Word, but the exact same approach is valid for Powerpoint as well)
In this walk-through ,I will show you how to use Excel to make a specific image show depending on a cells value, or by having a drop-down list
Nice quick one.
If you want to use a shape on a chart, in place of columns and bars, it’s possible to do this in Excel.
It’s not obvious how to do it, but is very simple and very quick.
Create your chart as normal. Once you’re happy, elsewhere on your screen, create the shape you want to use.
Update: Feb 2016 – If you’re using Excel 2016, be sure to check out the new Waterfall Chart Type, which makes waterfall charts a breeze. Learn more here
Waterfall Charts are another one of those charts that’s much harder to put together than it should be, particularly as they’re a great way to understand the sequential impact of positive & negative values to a total.
That being said, they’re really not as bad as to put together as they’re sometime perceived to be. As with most of the chart techniques I’ve demonstrated, it’s really about tricking excel to show the bits of data you want it to show.
We’re going to go through the process to create the below chart – a simple income & expenditure chart for a shop.
I’m using excel 2013, but the approach is almost identical for previous versions of Excel