How-to Quickly Get Excel Function Help Plus a Bonus Tip

In a recent post, I was exploring Excel AverageIF and other Average functions and I realized that I don’t know that much about the AverageA Excel function.   So I thought I would share how I...

Terrible Chart Tuesday – Excel 3-D Clustered Column Chart

Welcome to another edition to Terrible Chart Tuesday.  Here we see an example of what I think is a Terrible Chart that was create in Excel.   What do you think?  Let me know in the...

How-to Add a Rupee Symbol or a Music Note or a Chess Piece to...

A reader, Matt, after reading this post:   How-to Format Chart Axis for Thousands or Millions   And had the following question:   “How do you use this formula without the dollar sign? I am using different units than dollars...

Touch vs Mouse Mode in Excel

With all the new affordable touch screen computers out there, you may have purchased one.  However, if you are like me, you may have large fingers and trouble using your laptop’s touch capabilities in...

How-to AverageIf Excluding Zeros and Blanks for Non-Contiguous Ranges in Excel

In our last Friday Challenge, I asked you figure out a way to calculate an average for a non-contiguous (non-adjacent) range that will exclude blanks and zeros.   This came from a user question on a...

Friday Challenge – AverageIf NOT Blank or NOT Zero – NOT So Easy

As an Excel dashboard engineer you will often need to create complex calculations for your charts, tables and displays. So today's challenge is one that was sent in by a reader from another of...

How-to Make a Dynamic Excel Pie Chart with 4 steps in less than 4...

This is an awesome guest post from our great friend Pete.  He came up with this awesome technique to make a dynamic pie chart without the use of offset.  THANKS PETE!   Recently I saw...

How-to Make an Excel Chart Go Up with Negative Values

In a follow-up to my recent Terrible Chart Tuesday, I wanted to show you 2 different techniques that you can use to create a chart in Excel where the line goes up instead of...

Excel Christmas Gift from Poland

Hi All, I just got a wonderful Christmas gift from our friend Piotr in Poland. He emailed me his awesome rendering of a Christmas tree in an Excel chart. And I asked if I could share it...

How-to Mimic a Newspaper Chart Line Style in Excel

In the recent post: Friday Challenge – Mimic Newspaper Chart Line Style in Excel we wondered if it was possible to recreate this Chart Line and Marker Style in Excel.  The...