This lessons covers how to build Excel charts. Charts are the basis of any dashboard and the main method to present data in a visually appealing way. Excel charts have many hidden options and tweaks. You will learn step-by-step, how to build basic charts and then improve them. At the end of the lesson, you will be able to create charts that appear to be impossible to build in Excel. The beginning section reviews how to use the chart wizard with all the standard options. Next the lesson covers some unfamiliar chart types (radar, pie of pie, bar of pie). After these basics, you will earn how to get crafty with charts and you will work through exercises showing you how to accomplish visual effects that will definitely make your dashboard or workbook the talk of the office. This lesson includes a link where you can download a follow along workbook and work through the exercises at your own pace. Like the rest of the Mastering Excel series, there is no technical jargon. Just plain English to help you learn Excel.