If you're looking for the perfect way to visualize the stats and data that you have compiled, Google Sheets and Microsoft Excel can help. We'll show you how.

You can make a bar graph in Excel by first selecting the range you want to depict, and then using the dropdown menu to select the desired chart.

Select all the data you want to have graphed, click on Insert, pick line graph, and choose which one you want. Excel (2007) automagically grouped date and time on the X axis.

Select B3:B7 if necessary and then click the Insert tab again and choose Population. Excel automatically fills the populations for all the counties in our list, as shown in Figure E.

In Microsoft Excel, to draw attention to a specific marker in a line chart, drop in a thin line, think of it as a marker.