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101 Excel 2013 Tips, Tricks and Timesavers

By : John Walkenbach
Book Image

101 Excel 2013 Tips, Tricks and Timesavers

By: John Walkenbach

Overview of this book

Excel is a popular program. Millions of people throughout the world use it on a regular basis. But it’s a safe bet that the vast majority of users have yet to discover some of the amazing things this product can do. 101 Excel 2013 Tips, Tricks, & Timesavers?is packed with information that you need to know in order to confidently and seamlessly master the challenges that come with using Excel! Excel 2013 is excellent, but there's lots to learn to truly excel at Excel! In this latest addition to his popular Mr. Spreadsheet's Bookshelf series, John Walkenbach, aka "Mr. Spreadsheet," shares new and exciting ways to accomplish and master all of your spreadsheet tasks. From taming the Ribbon bar to testing and tables, creating custom functions, and overcoming "impossible" charts, mixing nesting limits, and more,?101 Excel 2013 Tips, Tricks, & Timesavers?will save you time and help you avoid common spreadsheet stumbling blocks.
Table of Contents (10 chapters)
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Cover
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Table of Contents
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Title Page
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Introduction

Tip 84: Understanding Recommended Charts

One of the new features in Excel 2013 is Recommended Charts. Select your data, choose InsertCharts⇒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.

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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!...