Excel Insert Tab

Insert Tab in Excel

In excel, we have usually had the ribbon, and in this ribbon, we have many tabs available for us to work smoothly. To work efficiently in excel, we need to know what are the features available with each and every tab. Almost all the tabs are important to be an expert in excel, so in this article, we will take you through the “INSERT” tab in excel. In excel “INSERT” tab plays an important role in analyzing the data, so in this article, we will take a look at the “INSERT” tab in detail.

What does INSERT Tab have in Excel?

Like all the other tabs in the ribbon INSERT tab to have offered its own features and tools. Below is the image of the INSERT tab in excel.

Under the excel INSERT tab, we have several other groups, and below are the group names.

1. Tables
2. Illustrations
3. Add-ins
4. Charts
5. Power Map
6. Sparklines
7. Filters
8. Links
9. Text
10. Symbols

Now we will see what each group offers to us.

#1 – Tables

This is the most important thing under the INSERT tab in excel; under this group, we have three features called “Pivot Tables in Excel, Recommended Pivot Tables, and Table.”

Pivot Tables are important to analyze and get the story behind large amounts of data very quickly. Recommended Pivot Tables offers best suit pivot table designs for your large amount of data, and the last Table offers us to convert the normal data range to an “Excel TableExcel TableIn excel, tables are a range with data in rows and columns, and they expand when new data is inserted in the range in any new row or column in the table. To use a table, click on the table and select the data range.read more” format and allows us to work efficiently and smoothly.

#2 – Illustrations

This option is more to do with graphics like inserting pictures from offline and online, inserting different kinds of shapes which are built-in, and also we can insert graphics like smart art, and finally, we can add a snapshot of any window to this worksheet.

#3 – Add-Ins

These are external add-ins available for ExcelAdd-ins Available For ExcelAdd-ins are different Excel extensions that can be found in the options section of the file tab. The first box displays the system's enabled add-ins, and if the user wishes to enable more, they must click on manage add-ins.read more, and you will find these options form Excel 20136 onwards only. If you want to insert external apps from Microsoft store, we can, through My Apps, also, we can insert external apps. Next, we have “Bing Maps” through this, and we can insert the Bing map to show a geographical representation of numbers, and using People Graph, we can show the representation in a vivid way.

#4 – Charts

If you are a storyteller, then you should consider mastering this because all the dashboards contain visual effects and those visual effects are in the form of charts. So in this category, we have plenty of built-in charts to work with.

For example, Column Chart in ExcelColumn Chart In ExcelColumn chart is used to represent data in vertical columns. The height of the column represents the value for the specific data series in a chart, the column chart represents the comparison in the form of column from left to right.read more, Bar Chart in ExcelBar Chart In ExcelBar charts in excel are helpful in the representation of the single data on the horizontal bar, with categories displayed on the Y-axis and values on the X-axis. To create a bar chart, we need at least two independent and dependent variables.read more, Pie Chart in ExcelPie Chart In ExcelThe pie chart is a circular excel chart representing the visualization of data in a circular format. In this circular chart, every category of data has its part, and all the categories make it as a whole circular data.read more, Line Chart in ExcelLine Chart In ExcelLine Graphs/Charts in Excels are visuals to track trends or show changes over a given period & they are pretty helpful for forecasting data. They may include 1 line for a single data set or multiple lines to compare different data sets. read more, Scattered Chart, and Combo Chart in ExcelCombo Chart In ExcelExcel Combo Charts combine different chart types to display different or the same set of data that is related to each other. Instead of the typical one Y-Axis, the Excel Combo Chart has two.read more.

#5 – 3D Map

This is also a part of the extra add-in to visualize the data better and more meaningful to tell the story better.

#6 – Sparklines

Have you heard of in-cell charts in excel? If yes, then we can create these in-cell charts using the “Sparklines in ExcelSparklines In ExcelSparklines in Excel are similar to a chart within a cell. They are tiny visual representations of the data's trend, whether it is increasing or decreasingread more” category? We can insert three kinds of in-cell charts here, “Line, Column, and Win/Loss.”

#7 – Filters

• Excel Filters are not a strange thing for those who work with excel; if you do not know any other mode for inserting and removing filters for your data, then you can use this tool (because the majority of the people use shortcut key of Ctrl + Shift + L to insert or remove filter).
• However, we have one other tool called “Slicer” this could be a strange thing because this is available from Excel 2010 onwards versions. The slicer is a visual filter to apply the filter; we just have to click on the visual button to filter the thing that we need to filter.

#8 – Links

If you wish to create hyperlinks for navigation purposes, then we can insert hyperlinks for worksheets, cells in this tool.

# 9 – Text

Under this category, we can insert a text box to write something, we can also insert header & footer in excel for the worksheet, and apart from this, we can also insert “Smart Art, Signature Line, and external object as well.”

#10 – Symbols

In order to insert any equations and symbols, we can use this category.

Things to Remember

• The most commonly used feature under the INSERT tab is “Pivot Tables” to analyze large amounts of data.
• Using the Object feature, we can insert external objects the likes of PDF, Word, PPT, or any other kinds of stuff, etc.

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