CHAPTER 20Creating Sparkline Graphics
A Sparkline is a small chart that's displayed in a single cell. A Sparkline allows you to spot time-based trends or variations quickly in data. Because they're so compact, Sparklines are almost always used in a group.
Although Sparklines look like miniature charts (and can sometimes take the place of a chart), this feature is separate from the charting feature. For example, charts are placed on a worksheet's draw layer, and a single chart can display several series of data. A Sparkline is displayed inside a cell and displays only one series of data.
This chapter introduces Sparklines and presents examples that demonstrate how to use them in your worksheets.
Sparkline Types
Excel supports three types of Sparklines. Figure 20.1 shows examples of each, displayed in the last column. ...
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