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Amber MacArthur, Bill Jelen, Leo LaPorte, Andy Walker on the set of Call for Help on TechTV Canada. The tip in this show is from Learn Excel from MrExcel.
In his book, Beautiful Evidence, Edward Tufte introduced the concept of Sparklines. These are tiny, word-sized
graphics that can convey a trendline over time.
These charts are great for executive dashboards or when you need to pack a lot of information into a small space.
In today's episode, I showed a cool product called the Bissantz SparkMaker. This product comes in a free variety and a premium
version. With the free version, you can create sparklines in Excel. You can try out the pro version
for thirty days. The pro version offers these features:
- SparkBars:
- Use of colors:
- The ability to create sparklines as graphic images or as Excel function. The graphic image allows you to share the workbook with someone who does not have the SparkMaker add-in.
- The ability to create sparklines through a dialog box. Here, you can specify advanced features such as color, rotation, etc.
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