Quick Wins for Visualizing Financial Data in Excel

Ann K. Emery

Last updated:

Jul 21st, 2025

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Decluttering, How-To Tutorials, Microsoft Excel, Preattentive Attributes, Visual Superiority Effect, YouTube

Ann K. Emery, data storytelling, Microsoft Excel, data visualization

Inside this replay, you’ll learn about:

The visual superiority effect
Preattentive attributes
Decluttering first, then adding visuals
Quick dataviz wins inside everyday software like Excel

What’s Inside

0:00 Welcome
3:10 Visual Superiority Effect
5:00 Preattentive Attributes
23:00 20 Quick Wins (spark lines, data bars, etc.)

More about Ann K. Emery
Ann K. Emery is a sought-after speaker who is determined to get your data out of spreadsheets and into stakeholders’ hands. Each year, she leads more than 100 workshops, webinars, and keynotes for thousands of people around the globe. Her design consultancy also overhauls graphs, publications, and slideshows with the goal of making technical information easier to understand for non-technical audiences.

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