Excel Bar Charts with Economic Indicators
The Excel figure below shows three indicators of the US economy. Two show economic improvements and one doesn't.
The Excel Perspective
Using column charts rather than...
Ideas about Using Excel’s Linked-Picture (Camera) Tool
Of all the Excel features that users don’t use very often, Excel's Linked Picture tool probably is the most powerful. This tool, known in...
Document Excel Worksheets with Pictures that Include Row and Column Headings
This image is a picture of a section of an Excel worksheet. Be sure to include pictures like this when you create your own...
Three Simple Tricks to Improve Analytical Charting in Excel
For years, my Excel charts of trends used a simple idea: To gain insights about periodic data, just chart it.
What else was there to...
Use this Excel ‘Cash Flow Balance Sheet’ to See Sources & Uses of Funds...
For most businesses, cash flow is more important than profits and losses.
The reason is clear. A profitable company with negative cash flows may not...
Two Business Uses for Excel’s New Chart Feature
For decades, I've been whining about the need for Excel to have some way for our formulas to specify a gap in line and...
Dashboard-Like Excel Charts of International Consumer Confidence
The following Excel figure displays its charts in a dashboard-like format. At least, it's in a format that dashboards should use!
When you use simple...
What Inflation? How Excel Charts Can Help You Avoid Fake Economic News
The business news on Valentine's Day, 2018, was dominated by talk of rising inflation. A search of Google News showed 67,100 results for the...
Show Key Stats Automatically in Periodic Excel Reports
Each issue of Business Week magazine used to include several figures titled "The Stat". These figures emphasized key data related to the article on...
How to Set Up an Automatic Error-Checking System in Excel Reports
Decades ago, I worked as a cost accountant for a large company. But because our department received terrible reports, I wrote my own reports...using...
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How Fast Is Too Fast?
(Originally published in Inc Magazine.)
What typically tops the list of worries of the chief executive officers of fast growing companies? Financing that growth, according...
How to Smooth Data by Using the TREND Function
Years ago, I read that Prof. William S. Cleveland had suggested that data could be smoothed by calculating a centered trendline through adjacent data—a...
Consumer Sentiment Suggests a 2022 Recession
In recent months, business websites have speculated about recessions and stagflation in 2022.
These predictions could affect your Excel work significantly in the next few...
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