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How to build a stacked bar chart with positive and negative numbers

How do I fill the row labels in columns in a pivot table?

Question: When I build a pivot able, and have 2 or more sets of row labels, the label to the left only shows once. How do I fill the data in columns in a pivot table?

Add manual data labels in PowerPoint graphs/charts

automate adding manual labels to PowerPoint graphs/charts

Excel: Insert decimal places into a number string

Is there a way in Microsoft Excel to insert a decimal place 5 places from the right side (i.e. the last 5 digits are decimals and everything left of that is a whole number) of a series of numbers with different lengths? I need to figure out how to insert the decimal so I can sum the totals for a check figure.

Display Pivot Tables with the Row Labels Side by Side instead of in One Column

Question: How do I change the pivot table so that if I have 2 or more row labels, they can be displayed side by side, in different columns vs. stacked in one column? In other words, please make my Pivot Table look like it did when I used Excel 2003.
My guess is that your pivot […]

New Pivot Table Slicer Function in Excel 2010

In Excel 2010, Microsoft added a friendly visual interface for pivot tables

Convert Numbers to Currency for MS Word Mail Merge

How to Convert Numbers to Currency Text for Mail Merge

Calculate the number of Years, Months, Days between two dates

Calculate the number of Years, Months, Days between two dates

Microsoft Excel - How to round numbers in the same cell without a formula

Microsoft Excel - Round numbers in the same cell without a formula
Micorsoft Excel has a neat feature called Precision As Displayed. Using this function automatically rounds all of the numbers in the spreadsheet to equal the number displayed.  You can round without using the “=Round(number,round to number of digits)” formula.
For example, the number in cell C1 […]

Pivot Tables in 2007 - How to Stack Values vs. Displaying Side by Side

Thanks to Rachelle for helping me figure this one out.  In Excel 2007, pivot tables have a lot of new options, but some of the old functions seem to be missing.
For example, In the below table …  I wanted to change the format so that the MRR and Term Values are stacked in the Pivot […]