When you make a chart, Excel determines the scale of the Y-axis based on the numbers in your data set. If the range of your data (the difference between the highest and lowest numbers) is greater than 20% of the lowest number in your data set, then the Y-axis of your chart will go from [...]
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Change Excel’s Default Chart Type
If you make charts in Excel, you’ve probably noticed that Excel’s default is a column chart. That’s great if you make a lot of column charts, but what if you mostly make pie charts, or scatter charts, or those funny bubble charts? The good people at Tech Republic have written a great article that includes [...]
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The McCombs Technology Training Team helps UT Austin business students, faculty, and staff with their technology resources, and with Microsoft Office. The trainers are Holly Green and Ben Bond.
Jeff Hauger, a previous team member, contributed several blog posts.
