Browsing the blog archives for October, 2007

Automatic custom labels on Excel scatter plot

Keywords: Excel, custom labels, XY plot chart, scatter plot, macro
Version: Tested on Excel 2003 and Excel 2007
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Quite frequently there is a need to display custom lables in a standard Excel XY-plot. Unfortunately Excel lack a native function to insert custom labels; the only options available are Series names, x- and y-values which often are totally [...]

Popularity: 19% [?]

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Popularity: 19% [?]

Box plot for Excel 2007

Keywords: Boxplot, box plot, stem and leaf plots, Excel 2007, how to make
Version: Excel 2007
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Since the previous entriesI have recieved quite a few questions about Box-plots in Excel 2007, so I decided I should describe one way to create decent looking box plots in Excel 2007. In my example I start with a set of [...]

Popularity: 100% [?]

NanoCharts add-in development

As I decided to develop the NanoCharts (a concept more known as Microcharts or Sparklines) into an Excel add-in I’ve started by specifying features and functionality and came up with the following list:

Three different types of charts; bar, line and dot
Possibility to have data in rows or columns
Selectable chart color
Optional x-axis
Option to display [...]

Popularity: 14% [?]

NanoCharts enables Excel In-Cell charts with Sparklines concept

Keywords: Sparklines, MicroCharts, NanoCharts, In-cell graphing, mini charts, Excel
Version: Tested on Excel 2003
Download: NanoCharts demo (downloaded 1479 times)
Sparklines, or Micro charts, a concept invented by graphic design guru Edward Tufte , compress large amounts of data into intense, word-sized graphics, like for example:

Popularity: 11% [?]

Popularity: 11% [?]