The Pointy Haired Dilbert blog runs down the details of this nifty Excel trickery, which uses a formula and an image to conditionally show or hide the chart —neat stuff sure to impress the boss.

Follow the steps below on how to ignore blank cells in Excel: Select a blank cell next to the values that you want to use to create the chart and type the formula =IF(ISBLANK(C2), #N/A, C2).

Step 2: Make an Excel Bar Chart To start to visualize your data, you’ll first create an Excel stacked bar chart from the spreadsheet. Select the “Start date” column, so it’s highlighted.

How to unhide columns in Excel 1. Open Microsoft Excel on your PC or Mac computer. 2. Highlight the column on either side of the column you wish to unhide in your document. Select multiple columns ...

How to create a Line Chart in Excel To create a line chart in Excel, the procedure is as follows: Select the data across both the columns (from A3 to B12). Go to Insert > Line Chart.