Excel Charts: Why? What kind? How?

Abstract

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A common form of visual design used in finance is a chart or graph. Excel's chart feature is used to create virtually all charts. Most finance teachers and their students know how to use Excel to create basic charts, but many do not know how to decide when to create a chart, how to decide what kind of chart to create, and how to decide what features the chart should have. For finance teachers and students knowing how to use Excel to create charts is not enough. It is important that they also know some of the best practices to use to design charts.