Excel offers a one-click option on its "Insert" menu to take data on a spreadsheet and render it in a visual aid format.

Susan Harkins shows you how to format and unlock input cells in Excel at the same time by assigning a modified style.

Looking to track positive or negative changes in your Excel data? Mary Ann Richardson explains how you can use conditional formatting to find out this information automatically.

To create data bars in Excel, select your cells and then choose data bars from Conditional Formatting.