Need to cook up a chart for a Web page? You could do it in Excel and export the result, but there are a few things wrong with that approach. It's needlessly complicated, which is always a good reason ...

A good graph supports your argument without taxing the reader's eye or patience. Keep the graph simple and you will end up with more effective, cleaner and clearer result than adding unnecessary ...

You can make a line graph in Excel in a matter of seconds using data already entered into the spreadsheet.

You can make a bar graph in Excel by first selecting the range you want to depict, and then using the dropdown menu to select the desired chart.