Microsoft Excel is often a time-saver when you want to create visuals to demonstrate numerical data, and Excel’s chart-creation function takes columns or rows of numbers and transforms them into bar charts in a couple of clicks. Although the default settings – usually blue and red for the first two colors in each chart – are meant to save you set-up time, you’re able to customize the colors to your own documentation requirements. Design a rainbow chart with a bar in every color or make charts that alternate to show a pattern between two things. Tips Warnings Writer Bio