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    The two Excel dashboard-like charts with May data show that consumer confidence has dropped like a rock since March. But Asia's data isn't available yet.

    Dashboard-Like Excel Charts of International Consumer Confidence

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    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...
    Excel's dynamic range names give your formulas the power to adapt automatically in response to changes in your data or settings. Here's how to set them up.

    How to Create and Use Dynamic Range Names in Excel

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    (Download the example workbooks.) We Excel users often refer to ranges that need to move or expand in future versions of our reports. For example: ...
    Here's how to use formulas and conditional formatting to expand or contract your Excel report automatically, without macros, when you change a cell value.

    Create Variable-Length, Dynamic Reports Linked to Excel Tables

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    Excel Tables are a powerful feature introduced in Excel 2007. Not only can you report from them directly, you can use them as a...
    By charting the annual Rate Of Change (ROC) of key measures, you can uncover significant information about your time-series data. And by using the right recession measure, you can put that information into better context.

    Chart Your Rate of Change to Reveal Hidden Business Performance

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    What insights can you gain from the following Excel chart of Apple's quarterly revenues over the past 18 years? I see three things. First, their...
    These Excel column charts of employment, business lending, and freight shipments show mixed signals about the current health of the US economy.

    Excel Bar Charts with Economic Indicators

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    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...
    On Valentine's Day, 2018, tens of thousands of major sites warned their readers that inflation is rising. But that might not be true. These analytical Excel charts suggest a different conclusion.

    What Inflation? How Excel Charts Can Help You Avoid Fake Economic News

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    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...
    Several business magazines offer great examples of how to use charts to communicate business data. But sadly, at times, they show us what NOT to do.

    Good Examples of Bad Charts: Chart Junk from a Surprising Source

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    For years, I’ve written that we Excel users should create “magazine-quality” charts for our reports and analyses. However, we must be very careful of the...
    Do you need to update your Excel reports with daily, weekly, or monthly data? Here's a low-maintenance way to do it, using one type of Excel database.

    How to Report Periodic Data from Excel Databases

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    Sometimes, the best way to solve your Excel problem is to redesign your workbook. Ron G. brought this thought to mind with a recent question....
    Here's how to use a formula that returns TRUE or FALSE in Excel's conditional formatting feature to highlight rows that contain specific numbers or text.

    How to Use Conditional-Format Formulas to Change Background Colors

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    "I have an Excel table with a column that will be filled with 'yes' or 'no. When a user enters 'yes' to a cell,...
    These keyboard shortcuts will help you to things in Excel that are difficult or time-consuming to do any other way.

    Five Really Useful Excel Keyboard Shortcuts

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    Most Excel users use some of Excel's shortcuts frequently, like F9, Ctrl + C and Ctrl + V. However, Excel offers other shortcuts that are nearly as useful....
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    The LET function is the most powerful function that Microsoft has released for Excel in years. Here's an introduction to its features.

    How to Use Excel’s LET Function

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    In the summer of 2020, Microsoft introduced the LET function for Excel 365—one of the most-significant new worksheet functions that Microsoft has introduced in...
    You can ratchet down errors in your Excel reports by using an Error Summary Table that uses conditional formatting to alert you to errors.

    How to Set Up an Automatic Error-Checking System in Excel Reports

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    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...
    Here's how to create an Excel array from two others, with the arrays stacked either one on top of the other, or side-by-side, like books on a shelf.

    How to Stack and Shelve Dynamic Arrays

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    While using Excel 365 recently, I needed to create one dynamic array that would consist of two arrays, with one stacked on top of...
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