Learn how to create a chart in Excel and add a trendline. Visualize your data with a column, bar, pie, line, or scatter chart (or graph) in Office.

Creating charts has never been a one-step process, but we’ve made it easier to complete all of the steps in Excel 2013. Get started with a chart that’s recommended for your data, and then finalize it in …

Learn how to create a chart in Excel with recommended charts. Excel can analyze your data and make chart suggestions for you.

A waterfall chart shows a running total as values are added or subtracted. It's useful for understanding how an initial value (for example, net income) is affected by a series of positive and negative values. …

Learn best ways to select a range of data to create a chart, and how that data needs to be arranged for specific charts.

To create a column chart: Enter data in a spreadsheet. Select the data. On the Insert tab, select Insert Column or Bar Chart and choose a column chart option. You can optionally format the chart further: …

Open Excel. From the Home tab, select the Copilot button. Make sure to format your data in a table or supported range. Ask Copilot to create the kind of chart you want. You can copy and paste one of …

Set varying colors of data markers (bars, columns, lines, pie or doughnut slices, dots, and other shapes) automatically in an Office chart.

Learn how to add a trendline in Excel, PowerPoint, and Outlook to display visual data trends. Format a trend or moving average line to a chart.

Create a Pareto graph in Office 2016 to display data sorted into frequencies for further analysis. Pareto charts are especially effective in analyzing data with many causes and are often used in quality control.