Whether your corporate style guide prefers to call an image that displays spreadsheet data a chart or a graph, you're likely to be using Excel spreadsheet software to generate it. With Microsoft Excel ...

Users will appreciate a chart that updates right before their eyes. In Microsoft Excel 2007 and Excel 2010, it's as easy as creating a table. In earlier versions, you'll need the formula method.

The most tedious part of presenting your figures isn't generating the data itself; it's manually moving Excel charts into PowerPoint. But there's a better way. Instead of the copy-paste grind, use ...