Seven Ways to Improve Excel Charts and Graphics

Few programs can touch Excel when it comes to churning out charts and business graphics. Web Worker Daily offers seven tips on improving your Excel charts and graphics, starting with "speed charts":

Before you start going to work on formatting a chart and making it look pretty, take a peek at it. Just select the data you're going to chart and hit F11 to get a nice big view of it. Use the tabs at the bottom of the sheet to return to your original view. You'll most likely see a column chart. If you want a different default chart type, right click on a finished chart that you like, and select Chart Type. Then click the Set as Default Chart button.