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Create Convincing Visualizations by Adding Reference Lines to Your Excel Charts

Have you ever wanted to add a horizontal or vertical line to your chart to indicate a key value, sales threshold, important date, or the average of your data? Are you looking to impress managers and convince clients with your superb charts? Reference Lines (see the dotted black line on the chart below) can be powerful tools in effectively communicating important points in your data. There is currently no specific built-in functionality for creating Reference Lines in Excel 2010, but there are still Read More...

Read the complete post at http://blogs.office.com/b/microsoft-excel/archive/2011/07/21/create-convincing-visualizations-by-adding-reference-lines-to-your-excel-charts.aspx


Posted Jul 21 2011, 10:58 PM by Excel Blog
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