By using Excel or Google Sheets to create impactful graphs, you'll be able to captivate your audience, facilitate meaningful discussions, and drive home the key points of your presentation.

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.

Is your chart boring? Try Excel’s people chart to liven things up. Susan Harkins shows you how. A people chart is an infographic, which leads me to a second definition. An infographic tells a ...

Are you still putting your data in plain, old spreadsheets? Excel 2013 makes it easy to link tables, create reports and more.