Add a totals series: Include a new data series for the overall totals. Use Excel’s combination chart feature to layer the total column behind the individual columns, creating a visually distinct ...

How to Add Notes to an Excel Chart. Microsoft Excel's quick-format chart and graph features offer a way to instantly convert your data-filled cells into a visual representation such as a pie chart ...

Open an Excel workbook and right-click on a cell where you want to add a comment. Select Add note. Write down your note, and you'll notice a small red arrow at the top of the cell.

Image: PixieMe/Adobe Stock There are lots of ways to highlight a specific element in a Microsoft Excel chart. You might add data labels or use pictures instead of a plain column in a column chart ...

Excel automatically inserts the graph, but it has no labels. Review the new green "Chart Tools" tab and ribbon at the top of the screen. If you don't see them, click the chart to enable them.

Excel provides 10 different chart types, such as bar, pie, column, area, etc. Select the Insert tab, then choose the Recommended Charts icon in the Charts group on the Ribbon bar.