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You can use error bars in 2-D area, bar, column, line, xy (scatter), and bubble charts. In scatter and bubble charts, you can show error bars for x and y values.
You can insert a drop-down list of valid entries (also called a drop-down menu or drop-down box) in Excel to make data entry easier, or to limit entries to certain items that you define.
A secondary axis works well in a chart that shows a combination of column and line charts. You can quickly show a chart like this by changing your chart to a combo chart. Select a chart to open Chart Tools. Select Design > Change Chart Type. Select Combo > Cluster Column - Line on Secondary Axis.
Excel shows the #VALUE! error when your formula includes cells that have different data types (text and numeric values). The #VALUE! error is also shown when a formula references one or more cells that have text instead of numbers, and uses the standard math operators (+, -, *, and /) to add, subtract, multiply, or divide the different data types.
Add a scroll bar (Form control) On the Developer tab, in the Controls group, click Insert, and then under Form Controls, click Scroll bar.
Display the menu or message for an Error Checking button. Alt+Shift+F10 Display the Function Arguments dialog box when the insertion point is to the right of a function name in a formula.
Add or remove add-ins in Excel. Add-ins provide optional commands and features for Microsoft Excel. By default, add-ins are not immediately available in Excel, so you must first install and (in some cases) activate these add-ins so that you can use them.
You can resolve an error by using the options that Excel displays, or you can ignore the error by selecting Ignore Error. If you ignore an error in a particular cell, the error in that cell does not appear in further error checks.
When your formulas have errors that you anticipate and don't need to correct, but you want to improve the display of your results. There are several ways to hide error values and error indicators in cells in Excel.
You can change the color, width, and line style of lines in a chart (such as gridlines, axes, trendlines, or error bars), or you can create custom borders for selected shapes (such as data markers, titles, data labels, or a legend).