An Excel sheet containing a blue male icon and a pink female icon, with the Graphics Fill menu extended to demonstrate how this is achieved. An Excel sheet containing four icons.

Believe it or not, Microsoft Excel—best known for its number crunching and data organization capabilities—can also be used to ...

In Excel 2007, select the Insert tab on the ribbon, choose 'Picture' and browse to the image that you want to use. Alternatively, click on 'Clip Art' and make a choice from the Clip Art pane.

You may have used Excel for years without delving into Styles (or stylesheets). We’re going to cover Cell Styles, and Smart Art, Drawing, Graphics, Picture, and Chart Tools.

Excel provides 10 different chart types, such as bar, pie, column, area, etc. Select the Insert tab, then choose the Recommended Charts icon in the Charts group on the Ribbon bar.