Microsoft Excel Charts 101: A Beginner’s Guide to Creating Clean & Compelling Charts

Summary

In this 90-minute, instructor-led training, you will learn how to create compelling and impactful charts.

Discover how to select the most appropriate chart types, techniques for customizing your chart’s appearance, and ways to create infographic-style visualizations.

Additionally, we’ll provide step-by-step guidance for integrating Excel charts seamlessly into other applications like Word and PowerPoint, making your presentations more engaging plus persuasive.

Gain must-have skills and join us for this hands-on training to discover:


  • Easy shortcuts to create & modify charts with a few clicks!
  • New time-saving chart techniques to speed-up your workflow
  • Ways to tailor charts to communicate your message for different audiences
  • Keys to organizing your charts - choose the right styles from over 100 options

Program Highlights

Selecting the Right Visual

  • Understand the importance of choosing the most suitable chart type to effectively convey your message
  • Learn to confidently select from various chart options based on your data

Creating Dynamic Charts

  • Master the art of creating basic charts like bar, column, line, and pie charts
  • Discover how to change chart types and adapt data sources on the fly for dynamic data updates

From Basic to Eye-catching

  • Transform mundane charts into visually captivating graphics
  • Explore techniques to fill bars with images, incorporate shapes, and create infographic-style charts

Integrating Excel Charts

  • Learn how to seamlessly integrate Excel charts into other Microsoft Office applications such as Word and PowerPoint
  • Enhance your data presentations across the entire Office suite

Customizing Visualizations

  • Dive into the details of customizing chart appearances, including labels, titles, colors, and other visual elements
  • Create professional-looking visualizations that leave a lasting impression

Beyond Charts: Creating Heat Maps

  • Go beyond traditional charting and explore the world of heat maps using Conditional Formatting
  • Learn how to represent data spatially and uncover patterns and insights

Program Benefits

In this webinar, you will gain a solid foundation in Excel charting, enabling you to convey information more effectively, while enhancing your data-driven stories and taking your data presentations skills to the next level!

If you'd like this program customized for your organization, call us at 1-800-964-6033.
We're certain we can fulfill your training needs, while making it fit in your budget!

About The Speaker

Mike Thomas

"Mike Thomas has worked in the IT training business since 1989. He is a subject matter expert in a range of technologies including Microsoft Office and Apple Mac. Mike has produced nearly 200 written and video-based Excel tutorials, and... hundreds of courses and webinars on a wide variety of technology-related topics. Mike is a Fellow of The Learning and Performance Institute and has worked with and for a large number of global and UK-based companies and organizations across a diverse range of sectors. In addition to training, he also designs and develops Microsoft Office-based solutions that automate key business tasks and processes."