Today, we will focus on Creating a progress bar in Excel, a useful visual tool to track progress in your projects or tasks. Some of you may already be familiar with this feature or might be using it. If that's the case, feel free to skip today's edition.

For those looking to add a dynamic visual element to their spreadsheets, let's start learning how to create a progress bar in Excel. This skill will improve your ability to monitor progress and make your data presentations more engaging the next time you use Excel.

1. Open Excel and Navigate to the cell to create Progress Bar

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2. Type the following formula,

=REPT(“|”,D3)

3. Change the font to “Playbill”

4. “Double click” to auto fill

We are done. The Progress Bar is Ready.

That’s how you can show progress bars in Excel is a simple way. Whether you’re managing a project, tracking sales, or monitoring personal goals, progress bars can help you visualize data for ease.

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