Pie charts are used to show percentages of the whole, and Line charts excel with data trends. The remaining chart designs include Area, Stock, Surface, Combo, Pareto, Histogram, and Sunburst.

In this post we show you how to create a Bar Graph or Column Chart in Excel. Bar graphs could be both 2-D or 3-D depending on the editor you use.

How to make a bar graph in Excel First, open the Excel application and retrieve the spreadsheet you're pulling the data from. The bar graph needs to have a range of data before you can make it. 1.