Insta-Graph is an add-in for Microsoft Excel that will revolutionize the way you create and use graphs (aka charts) in Excel. Anyone who has to analyze information, identify trends, prepare budgets, forecasts, or look at any other information in Excel where graphing is helpful will benefit from Insta-Graph. Insta-Graph overcomes major weaknesses of the built in charting tool that ships with Excel.
Insta-Graph Versus Microsoft Excel Charting:
You can graph cell values automatically and instantly simply by selecting a range in Excel. As you select, unselect, or change cells the graph changes instantly to reflect your selection.
You can predefine an unlimited number of formats and layouts for your graphs and save them as themes in Insta-Graph. Whenever you open an Insta-Graph window the theme you used last is automatically applied. This saves you valuable time because with Excel charts you have to format and configure each and every graph you add such as specifying the chart type, the background color, the color of the lines (series), the points, the number formatting etc. Since it is so convenient and easy to get nice clean graphs instantly with Insta-Graph you will be much more inclined to use graphs all the time to help you analyze your information or prepare reports. You can select and apply a different theme in seconds that will best portray the values and units you are graphing.
Insta-Graph offers a more organized layout of the available graph options. It is more intuitive than Excel charting and this makes it easier to learn and use. You can begin creating professional graphs with Insta-Graph in just minutes and all you have to do for every other graph is select the cells you want to plot.
Insta-Graph has numerous other features built in that improve on Excel charting. A few examples are given below:
You can have multiple graphs open at the same time and control which one updates based on your selections.
Since Insta-Graph is not bound to the Excel interface you can move it off your Excel window or to a second monitor where you can watch the graph as you work and without having to navigate around Excel to find it.
You can save the graph as an image file that you can e-mail without having to e-mail an entire Excel (xls) file. An added benefit is that an image file is more secure and the recipients do not need Excel to view the graph.
Insta-Graph allows you to switch the chart-type using a drop-down list that is available right on the tool-bar. This lets you preview all the chart types quickly to determine which one gives the best representation.
You can preview your graph formatting changes before you apply them.
You have a larger spectrum of colors to choose from.
You can print the graph directly to your printer.
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