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Here you will find a compilation of the Tips and Tricks (T+T) presented in our seminars on Excel Charts 1 to 4. They serve to realize all the desired forms of chart visualizations in accordance with the HI-CHARTS without additional programming. All T+Ts pertain to the application of standard Excel functions – some however range from unusual to almost bizarre methods of application...

The main purpose of the following list is to first identify and clearly define the T+Ts we apply. These T+Ts are presented in detail in our seminar series “Creating Charts with Excel.”

   
 

 

1   Snapping a chart area with Alt 
2   Snapping a drawing area with Alt (2007)
 3   Using F4 or Ctrl-Y to repeat
4   Transferring a color palette to another folder (2003)
5   Using Excel sample templates
6   Using Excel sample templates folder.xlt[x] automatically
7   Using Excel format templates
8   Making text format default setting in a chart area
9   Switching off automatic scaling (2003)
10   Calculating column width
11   Reversing the Y-sequence in a chart 
12   Realizing the X-axis line using columns or bars
13   Realizing the (X-axis) line using 2 points with a connecting line
14   Creating the (X-axis) line using several points and realizing a variable width with Y-offset
15   Realizing labels as a point
16   Linking a label to cells
17   Positioning sums as transparent columns or bars on a secondary axis 
18   Realizing an X-shift with AREA.MOVE
19   Realizing an X-shift with name and AREA.MOVE
20   Realizing an X-scaling with name and AREA.MOVE
21   Realizing an X-shift with several data points and gap width 0 
22   Realizing an X-scaling with several data points and gap width
23   Realizing variable widths with several data points and gap width 0 
24   Realizing a variable gap width with column gap width=0 and gaps as points with white connecting lines 
25   Realizing an X-shift with time axis
26   Realizing an X-scaling with time axis
27   Realizing an X-shift with an area chart and time axis
28   Realizing an X-scaling with an area chart and time axis 
29   Realizing Y-scaling with a fixed axis scale and scaling factor
30   Realizing a Y-shift for columns and bars with a place holder data series stacked beneath it
31   Realizing negative values using a place holder with an absolute value and reducing the place holder by the absolute value
32   Switching the data series format by using several data series, one per format
33   Hiding point-data points with #NV 
34   Positioning point-data points to be hidden outside the chart
35   Adding data series with Copy Cells and inserting into the chart 
36   Adding data series with Copy Cells and inserting into the chart with Paste Special
37   Adding data series with Drag and Drop 
38   Realizing a line as a scatter chart with connecting lines 
39   Positioning graphs in a chart as a scatter chart with a pixel image
40   Positioning graphs in a chart as a scatter chart with a vector image
41   Rotating graphs in a chart in which a separate graph is inserted on one data point per rotation angle
42   Realizing arrow of varying length and position as a scatter chart with integrated arrow points
43   Drawing forms as an outline using scatter charts
44   Realizing columns and bars finely X-movable as dots with thick connecting lines
45   Realizing columns and bars finely X-movable as dots with numerous connecting lines
46   Realizing gaps between columns and bars with white lines
47   Hiding values in a chart by linking them to a cell range which is hidden using a formula
48   Hiding values with a number format
49   Labeling columns and bars off-center with a separate point grid
50   Placing message, title, and footnote in a cell range behind a transparent chart 
51   Avoiding a break in a chart with a wider chart area and scaled data series
52   Avoiding a break in a chart with a wider chart area and a drawing area snapped to the original size 
53   Making additional axis groups available by stacking several transparent charts 
54   Inserting dots in bar charts with reversed X and Y coordinates 
55   Realizing a bar chart as columns using a rotated camera 
56   Realizing two colored columns and bars with the "Invert if negative" trick
57   Avoiding a drop line in a line chart with #NV coordinates
58   Realizing varied column widths with an area chart and time axis
59   Realizing a broken line from a data series with a third empty point in an unrelated range
60   Realizing a broken line from a data series with a third empty point in a related range
61   Realizing columns and bars with an axis opening with a Y-shift of all data series in the positive range
62   Realizing time-lapse animation with individual frames and OFFSET
63   Realizing time-lapse animation with frames inserted into animated gif
64   Display bubbles with the scatter chart type in which a data series is used for each diameter
65   Formatting bubbles with a white border to see overlaps better
66   Moving individual data series in X-direction by stacking and moving other charts
67   Shifting data series in the X-direction by inserting graphs with a transparent area
68   Removing duplicates with COUNTIF and VLOOKUP
69   Removing duplicates with substring decomposition, RANK and VLOOKUP
70   Realizing ranking with RANK and VLOOKUP
71   Unifying texts through removal to central area 
72   Translating texts by removal to central area with HLOOKUP
73   Realizing bars in tables with REPT and symbol characters
74   Controlling a number format in substrings through external input with TEXT 
75   Realizing variable graphs in tables with camera and names using OFFSET