creating charts

BULLET CHARTS

DIVERGING BARS

DOT PLOTS

LINE CHARTS

SCATTER CHARTS

SLOPEGRAPHS

WATERFALL CHARTS

WAFFLE CHARTS

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adding emphasis and additional context

EMPHASIZE A
DATA POINT

LABELING DATA

ADDING A SHADED RANGE

ADDING A
VERTICAL LINE

VISUALIZING UNCERTAINTY

ADDING SPARING DATA MARKERS

ADDING EMPHASIS TO AREA CHARTS

DISPLAY ACTUALS
& FORECASTS

FORECAST WITH A SHADED AREA

AXIS VS. DATA LABELS

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moving beyond default outputs

MOVING A
CHART AXIS

FORMATTING
THE X-AXIS

DISPLAYING A VALUE IN A RANGE

ADDING TOTALS TO STACKED BARS

USE WHITE SPACE
AND ALIGNMENT

EIGHT WAYS TO
EDIT A LEGEND

SUPER CATEGORY
AXIS LABELS

ADJUSTING
BAR WIDTH

GRAPH ELEMENTS DIRECTLY IN CELLS

COMBO CHART CHALLENGES

DON’T TRUNCATE YOUR BARS!

ELIMINATE GRAPH CLUTTER

USE COLORBLIND FRIENDLY COLORS

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