# Depict Data Studio

> Your research deserves to be out in the world – utilized, actionable, and talked about – not gathering dust in spreadsheets\.

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## Pages
- [DASH](https://depictdatastudio.com/dash/)
- [Global Excel Summit](https://depictdatastudio.com/globalexcelsummit/)
- [Home](https://depictdatastudio.com/)
- [About](https://depictdatastudio.com/about/)
- [Contact](https://depictdatastudio.com/contact/): Transform your technical information for non\-technical audiences through better data visualizations, reports, slideshows, and dashboards\. Depict Data Studio provides workshops, webinars, conference keynotes, coaching sessions, and custom design projects\.

## Posts
- [Optimist vs\. Pessimist Maps](https://depictdatastudio.com/optimist-vs-pessimist-maps/): Colors have a tone and personality\. Use them intentionally\.
- [Tables with Bubbles](https://depictdatastudio.com/tables-with-bubbles/): You've seen regular tables and heat tables\.\.\. but have you tried tables with bubbles??
- [Bubble Charts \(An Alternative to Bars\)](https://depictdatastudio.com/bubble-charts-an-alternative-to-bars/): Instead of boring bar charts, why not try bubbles? Bars depict data with length\. Bubbles depict data with area\. And you can make both styles in Excel\.
- [No more Frankensteined slides\!](https://depictdatastudio.com/no-more-frankensteined-slides/): When you insert a new slide, do you see Microsoft's defaults? Or your custom designs? Beware: You'll have to fight with the Slide Master to set up good templates\.
- [2 Common Dashboard Layouts: Filters at Top \& Filters on Left Side](https://depictdatastudio.com/2-common-dashboard-layouts-filters-at-top-filters-on-left-side/): When I'm teaching Dashboard Design workshops, sometimes participants ask where they should place the filters\. Here are two common layouts that I've used over and over: \(1\) the filters along the top and \(2\) the filters on the left side\.

## Charts
- [Line](https://depictdatastudio.com/charts/line/)
- [Overlapping Bars](https://depictdatastudio.com/charts/overlapping-bars/)
- [Sparklines](https://depictdatastudio.com/charts/sparklines/)
- [Icon Array](https://depictdatastudio.com/charts/icon-array/)
- [Heat Maps](https://depictdatastudio.com/charts/heat-maps/)

## Categories
- [Data Visualization](https://depictdatastudio.com/category/data-visualization/)
- [Data Visualization in Excel](https://depictdatastudio.com/category/data-visualization-in-excel/)
- [Presentations](https://depictdatastudio.com/category/presentations/)
- [Dashboards](https://depictdatastudio.com/category/dashboards/)
- [Reports](https://depictdatastudio.com/category/reports/)

## Tags
- [Microsoft Excel](https://depictdatastudio.com/tag/microsoft-excel/)
- [YouTube Videos](https://depictdatastudio.com/tag/youtube-videos/)
- [Before/After Data Visualization Makeovers](https://depictdatastudio.com/tag/makeovers/)
- [How\-To Tutorials](https://depictdatastudio.com/tag/tutorials/)
- [Guest Posts](https://depictdatastudio.com/tag/guest-posts/)

## Chart Types
- [1 Point in Time](https://depictdatastudio.com/chartype/1-point-in-time/)
- [3\+ Points in Time](https://depictdatastudio.com/chartype/3-points-in-time/)
- [Comparisons](https://depictdatastudio.com/chartype/comparisons/)
- [Part to Whole](https://depictdatastudio.com/chartype/part-to-whole/)
- [Relationships](https://depictdatastudio.com/chartype/relationships/)

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