Access has come in handy so many times for me when Excel just wouldn’t cut it. Jorge at ExcelCharts.com suggests that knowing how to use Access can may you a better Excel user. I agree. Check out his post for the rest of the details.
The PTS Blog has a constant stream of great articles on how to better utilize Excel and its charting capabilities. This is one I found quite useful today, how to make clustered, stacked column charts in Excel. Column charts are great, as are stacked column charts. But this shows you how to make stacked column charts with multiple stacked columns per point on the x axis.
PTS has some good tricks for using Excel’s auto filters including using auto filters with pivot tables
When you make a stacked column chart in Excel, the columns are normally stacked in whatever order you put the series in. Check out this how-to guide for reorganizing the columns so the largest values are on the bottom of each column.
If you’ve been missing the Analysis Toolpack and Solver from Excel 2008 for Mac, Microsoft has a solution for you. They’ve worked with AnalystSoft to develop an add-on called StatPlus:Mac LE. Check out this article for the full details.
For all you Mac Excel users out there who have been missing the Analytics Tool Pack, rejoice. Microsoft says the Analytics Tool Pack will be back any day now.
Here’s a hack for excel that explains how to better chart related series on two axes without the confusion associated with the normal excel way of doing it.

