CHAPTER 22
Creating Sparkline Graphics

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IN THIS CHAPTER

• Introducing the Sparkline graphics feature
• Adding Sparklines to a worksheet
• Customizing Sparklines
• Making a Sparkline display only the most recent data

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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 completely 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.

See Chapter 20, “Getting Started with Excel Charts,” and Chapter 21, “Advanced Charting Features,” for information about real charts.

This chapter introduces Sparklines...