Basic Charts

Charts are extremely useful to convey the information. Analyze the data points by charts are easy in compare of tables.

Below is the list of some basic charts available in Microsoft Excel.

Column Charts are used to compare values by categories.

Pie chart is used to display each category’s contribution parts of a whole number.

Stacked column chart is used to display bifurcation of multiple categories in columns.

Line Chart is used to display the trend line of the data.

Doughnut Chart is also used to display each category’s contribution parts of a whole number.

Stacked Bart chart is also used to display bifurcation of multiple categories in Bars. we use this chart when our category names are big.

Bar Chart is like a horizontal column chart, It is used when category names are big.

Area Chart is also used to show trends like a Line chart

Combo Chart (Column + Line) chart can be used to to show two different/same type of data points for multiple categories.

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