Sometimes individuals in Microsoft Excel will create customs charts that are different from the original charts, for instance, a Lollipop chart.

Note: When creating bar charts with percentage data, Excel often sets the axis maximum to 1.2 by default, so it’s best to manually set it to 1.0 for accurate progress bars.

So, you want to know how to create a scatter plot in Excel. Chances are, you probably already know what the term means, but given Microsoft Excel’s arsenal of options packed into each tab ...

Step 2: Make an Excel Bar Chart To start to visualize your data, you’ll first create an Excel stacked bar chart from the spreadsheet. Select the “Start date” column, so it’s highlighted.

Click the "Insert" tab, click "Column" in the Charts group, and select the first "2-D Column" option. This will create a bar chart that shows bars for each value.

The menu version, .xls, doesn’t support people charts. People Graph is an Excel add-in Excel supports the people chart, but not directly.

Chart the Summary Data Click "Insert" in Excel's ribbon. Click "Pie" in the Charts group, and click one of the "2D Pie Chart" options to create a blank chart. Right-click the chart.