A waterfall chart shows a running total as values are added or subtracted. It's useful for understanding how an initial value (for example, net income) is affected by a series of positive and negative values. …

Many chart types are available to help you display data in ways that are meaningful to your audience. Here are some examples of the most common chart types and how they can be used.

Create a Pareto graph in Office 2016 to display data sorted into frequencies for further analysis. Pareto charts are especially effective in analyzing data with many causes and are often used in quality control.

Use the Treemap chart, introduced in Office 2016 for Windows to quickly see a hierarchial representation of your data. Treemap charts are often used to quickly identify patterns in lots of data …

How to make a funnel chart in Excel. Funnel charts can represent sales pipelines, sales funnels, and website conversions.

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Use the sunburst chart, introduced in Office 2016 for Windows to quickly see a hierarchial representation of your data. Sunburst charts are also known as ring charts.

For example, you can display chart values that range from 1,000,000 to 50,000,000 as 1 to 50 on the axis and show a label that indicates the units are expressed in millions.

Change the look of a chart, using color or Chart Styles, on in Office 2016 for Windows. Use Live Preview to see what the changes look like before accepting them.

In a chart you create, axis labels are shown below the horizontal (category, or "X") axis, next to the vertical (value, or "Y") axis, and next to the depth axis (in a 3-D chart).