Microsoft Excel 2007 is spreadsheet software that helps you to sort and classify large amounts of data. It can also assist you in making professional looking graphs, including bar graphs. A bar graph is a graph that has bars to represent data. Excel’s Chart Tools tab, located on the ribbon (the top toolbar), gives you hundreds of options for customizing bar graphs, including placement, color, fill and orientation. Once you have created a bar graph in Excel, you can change the vertical axis options on your bar chart using the Chart Tools. Writer Bio
