If Sparklines is missing or not showing up in Excel, then take these steps to enable Sparklines in Excel. Sparklines are mini charts placed in single cells.

You can quickly highlight the trends by using sparklines, which are mini graphs of selected data. In the Excel screenshot below, for example, the sparklines in Column F are mini line graphs showing ...

The Create Sparklines dialog box in Excel, with the Location Range field activated, and cells I2 to I9 selected. An Excel sheet containing line sparklines in the Trend column.

Sparklines are in-cell charts in Microsoft Excel that are easy to create and extremely helpful, but they can be more insightful with just a few specific settings.

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