This example teaches you how to add a trendline to a chart in Excel.

This example teaches you how to create a Pareto Chart in Excel.

This example teaches you how to create a thermometer chart in Excel. A thermometer chart shows you how much of a goal has been achieved.

Pie charts are used to display the contribution of each value (slice) to a total (pie).

A gauge chart (or speedometer chart) combines a Doughnut chart and a Pie chart in a single chart.

Line charts are used to display trends over time.

Excel does not offer Gantt as chart type, but it’s easy to create a Gantt chart by customizing the stacked bar chart type.

This example teaches you how to add error bars to a chart in Excel.

Column charts are used to compare values across categories by using vertical bars.

An area chart is a line chart with the areas below the lines filled with colors.

So far we have only seen charts on the same worksheet as the source data (embedded charts).

A combination chart is a chart that combines two or more chart types in a single chart.

A bar chart is the horizontal version of a column chart. Use a bar chart if you have large text labels.

A row or column of numbers that are plotted in a chart is called a data series.