Before you choose either a scatter or line chart type in Office, learn more about the differences and find out when you might choose one over the other.

In addition to the x values and y values that are plotted in a scatter chart, a bubble chart plots x values, y values, and z (size) values. You can use a bubble chart instead of a scatter chart if …

To create a scatter plot of the Iris flower data set with the Matplotlib library, take the following steps: In a Python in Excel cell, use the Matplotlib scatter function and enter the sepal_length …

In Excel, Outlook, PowerPoint, or Word, for Windows and Mac, you can format (add, change or remove) error bars in a chart.

If you have a line, (xy) scatter, or radar chart, you can change the look of the data markers to make them easier to distinguish. The line in this combination chart shows round data markers …

When the numbers in a chart vary widely from data series to data series, or when you have mixed types of data (price and volume), plot one or more data series on a secondary vertical (value) …

When you create a chart from worksheet data that uses dates, and the dates are plotted along the horizontal (category) axis in the chart, Excel automatically changes the category axis to a date …

Learn how to add a trendline in Excel, PowerPoint, and Outlook to display visual data trends. Format a trend or moving average line to a chart.

Learn how to add a legend to a chart, retrieve a missing legend, and adjust its settings. Add, edit, or remove a chart legend in Excel.

Create a box and whisker chart Select your data—either a single data series, or multiple data series. (The data shown in the following illustration is a portion of the data used to create the …