Comments on: Improve your in-cell charts with colors and negative values http://chandoo.org/wp/2008/07/17/better-incell-charts/ Fresh Excel Tips, Tricks, Charts, Tutorials, Downloads, Dashboards and Visualization Showcase for your Inspiration and Productivity Tue, 09 Mar 2010 17:25:01 -0700 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.5 hourly 1 By: Chandoo http://chandoo.org/wp/2008/07/17/better-incell-charts/#comment-91629 Chandoo Thu, 21 Jan 2010 18:58:00 +0000 http://chandoo.org/wp/?p=900#comment-91629 @Scaffdog: It is happening because row height is prevent from the bar to shoot thru roof. You just need to rows 7 and 8 , and double click on the row divider line between number 7 and 8 in the header area (to extreme left). This will increase row height so that the contents can fit inside snugly. @Scaffdog: It is happening because row height is prevent from the bar to shoot thru roof. You just need to rows 7 and 8 , and double click on the row divider line between number 7 and 8 in the header area (to extreme left). This will increase row height so that the contents can fit inside snugly.

]]> By: Scaffdog845 http://chandoo.org/wp/2008/07/17/better-incell-charts/#comment-91628 Scaffdog845 Thu, 21 Jan 2010 18:47:11 +0000 http://chandoo.org/wp/?p=900#comment-91628 Chandoo, Looks good but I think you may want to review the setup a bit. I just started to play around with it and noticed that once any of the values for C7:I7 hits either positive or negative (24) one of two things happen. Either a new bar is added making it a 7 bar chart or GREEN and RED bars appear as values for the same month. As the numbers get further beyond an ABS(24) the chart reacts even weirder. I think it has to do with I7:I8 being set to wrap text and only having 7:8 set to 35.25 pixels. Chandoo,

Looks good but I think you may want to review the setup a bit. I just started to play around with it and noticed that once any of the values for C7:I7 hits either positive or negative (24) one of two things happen. Either a new bar is added making it a 7 bar chart or GREEN and RED bars appear as values for the same month. As the numbers get further beyond an ABS(24) the chart reacts even weirder.

I think it has to do with I7:I8 being set to wrap text and only having 7:8 set to 35.25 pixels.

]]> By: Use “Script” font to make your incell charts realistic [quick-tips] | Pointy Haired Dilbert: Charting & Excel Tips - Chandoo.org http://chandoo.org/wp/2008/07/17/better-incell-charts/#comment-91581 Use “Script” font to make your incell charts realistic [quick-tips] | Pointy Haired Dilbert: Charting & Excel Tips - Chandoo.org Thu, 21 Jan 2010 09:22:31 +0000 http://chandoo.org/wp/?p=900#comment-91581 [...] a simple font change, you can make your incell charts magical. What more, combining incell charts with conditional formatting and some awesome alignment, you can make charts like this with [...] [...] a simple font change, you can make your incell charts magical. What more, combining incell charts with conditional formatting and some awesome alignment, you can make charts like this with [...]

]]> By: Steven http://chandoo.org/wp/2008/07/17/better-incell-charts/#comment-21567 Steven Mon, 08 Sep 2008 21:07:42 +0000 http://chandoo.org/wp/?p=900#comment-21567 Looks sweet! Could you tell me where to get this "bar" character? I didn't find it yet, and copy pasting is quite complicated to do! Thx Looks sweet!
Could you tell me where to get this “bar” character? I didn’t find it yet, and copy pasting is quite complicated to do!

Thx

]]> By: What is the best micro charting tool for Excel? - 7 Alternatives Reviewed | Pointy Haired Dilbert - Chandoo.org http://chandoo.org/wp/2008/07/17/better-incell-charts/#comment-21174 What is the best micro charting tool for Excel? - 7 Alternatives Reviewed | Pointy Haired Dilbert - Chandoo.org Fri, 05 Sep 2008 13:35:22 +0000 http://chandoo.org/wp/?p=900#comment-21174 [...] This technique involves using in-cell charts to prepare the micro chart and then using excel features like cell alignment and conditional formatting to provide additional information, thus making the charts rich. Learn more. [...] [...] This technique involves using in-cell charts to prepare the micro chart and then using excel features like cell alignment and conditional formatting to provide additional information, thus making the charts rich. Learn more. [...]

]]> By: Display symbols in excel chart axis | Pointy Haired Dilbert - Chandoo.org http://chandoo.org/wp/2008/07/17/better-incell-charts/#comment-19270 Display symbols in excel chart axis | Pointy Haired Dilbert - Chandoo.org Thu, 21 Aug 2008 18:15:07 +0000 http://chandoo.org/wp/?p=900#comment-19270 [...] try: Min-max charts to tell the story better, Incell graphs with colors, hot looking thermometer chart Do you like this post? Consider subscribing to my [...] [...] try: Min-max charts to tell the story better, Incell graphs with colors, hot looking thermometer chart Do you like this post? Consider subscribing to my [...]

]]> By: SpeedBall http://chandoo.org/wp/2008/07/17/better-incell-charts/#comment-15943 SpeedBall Mon, 21 Jul 2008 12:49:36 +0000 http://chandoo.org/wp/?p=900#comment-15943 Thanks for the links Tony and Chandoo... @Tony I think stile from prodomosua is exactly what I'm looking for, but downloading exe's is blocked at my firm :( I would give it a shot at my home and if the source is available that would be excellent... Anyway these plugins are really cool and would definitely like to try some of those... @Chandoo unfortunately I want more than 4 colors...rather shades! else CF would have done the trick... If stile's source is not available I might have to fall back on your skills ;) Thanks for the links Tony and Chandoo…

@Tony I think stile from prodomosua is exactly what I’m looking for, but downloading exe’s is blocked at my firm :( I would give it a shot at my home and if the source is available that would be excellent…
Anyway these plugins are really cool and would definitely like to try some of those…

@Chandoo unfortunately I want more than 4 colors…rather shades!
else CF would have done the trick…
If stile’s source is not available I might have to fall back on your skills ;)

]]> By: Chandoo http://chandoo.org/wp/2008/07/17/better-incell-charts/#comment-15937 Chandoo Mon, 21 Jul 2008 10:18:21 +0000 http://chandoo.org/wp/?p=900#comment-15937 @Speedball : looks like you have few answers from Tony. Let us know if this works for you. Otherwise I can write a macro that can be used to generate heatmaps. Btw, if the heatmap should have 4 or less colors, you can do that with conditional formatting, no need for vba. :) http://chandoo.org/wp/2008/07/09/partition-charts-excel-pie-alternative-visualization-hack/ @tony.. thanks alot for sharing these links, I really liked the prodomosua site and will test some of these add-ins from my windows laptop. @Speedball : looks like you have few answers from Tony. Let us know if this works for you. Otherwise I can write a macro that can be used to generate heatmaps. Btw, if the heatmap should have 4 or less colors, you can do that with conditional formatting, no need for vba. :) http://chandoo.org/wp/2008/07/09/partition-charts-excel-pie-alternative-visualization-hack/

@tony.. thanks alot for sharing these links, I really liked the prodomosua site and will test some of these add-ins from my windows laptop.

]]> By: tony http://chandoo.org/wp/2008/07/17/better-incell-charts/#comment-15926 tony Mon, 21 Jul 2008 07:35:11 +0000 http://chandoo.org/wp/?p=900#comment-15926 Speedball, try downloading Poptools (free) as it has that function but in shades from white to red, white to blue etc. http://www.cse.csiro.au/poptools/ It has a heap of science functions but halfway doesn't the list is the function you are after. To do exactly what you are after, try http://www.prodomosua.eu/zips/stile.exe It is in Italian and is an add-in (prodomosua is the password) - also free While you are at it, have a look at the prodomosua site for some great add-ins http://www.prodomosua.eu/ppage02.html Speedball, try downloading Poptools (free) as it has that function but in shades from white to red, white to blue etc.
http://www.cse.csiro.au/poptools/
It has a heap of science functions but halfway doesn’t the list is the function you are after.

To do exactly what you are after, try
http://www.prodomosua.eu/zips/stile.exe
It is in Italian and is an add-in (prodomosua is the password) – also free

While you are at it, have a look at the prodomosua site for some great add-ins http://www.prodomosua.eu/ppage02.html

]]> By: tony http://chandoo.org/wp/2008/07/17/better-incell-charts/#comment-15925 tony Mon, 21 Jul 2008 07:34:13 +0000 http://chandoo.org/wp/?p=900#comment-15925 Speedball, try downloading Poptools (free) as it has that function but in shades from white to red, white to blue etc. http://www.cse.csiro.au/poptools/ It has a heap of science functions but halfway doen the list is the function you are after. To do exactly what you are after, try http://www.prodomosua.eu/zips/stile.exe It is in Italian and is an add-in (prodomosua is the password) - also free While you are at it, have a look at the prodomosua site for some great add-ins http://www.prodomosua.eu/ppage02.html Speedball, try downloading Poptools (free) as it has that function but in shades from white to red, white to blue etc.
http://www.cse.csiro.au/poptools/
It has a heap of science functions but halfway doen the list is the function you are after.

To do exactly what you are after, try http://www.prodomosua.eu/zips/stile.exe
It is in Italian and is an add-in (prodomosua is the password) – also free

While you are at it, have a look at the prodomosua site for some great add-ins http://www.prodomosua.eu/ppage02.html

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