Tip 84: Understanding Recommended Charts
One of the new features in Excel 2013 is Recommended Charts. Select your data, choose Insert➜Charts⇒Recommended Charts, and Excel responds by displaying the Recommended Charts of the Insert Chart dialog box (see Figure 84-1). This dialog box displays a preview of your data using several chart type options.
Figure 84-1: The Recommended Charts feature displays your data using several different chart types.
How does it work? According to the Excel Help:
Want us to recommend a good chart to showcase your data? Select data in your worksheet and click this button to get a customized set of charts that we think will fit best with your data.
Don’t believe it. Excel uses some simple algorithms to make its suggestions, but don’t expect any advanced artificial intelligence. In other words, you will probably never see a recommended chart that will make you say, “Why didn’t I think of that!...