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 Table” 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 Excel 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 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 the form of charts. So in this category, we have plenty of built-in charts to work with.

For example Column Chart in Excel, Bar Chart in Excel, Pie Chart in Excel, Line Chart in Excel, Scattered Chart, and Combo Chart in Excel.

#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 Excel” 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 purpose 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 Object feature we can insert external objects the likes of, PDF, Word, PPT or any other kinds of stuff, etc.

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