The “Clean Charts” tool turns hard-to-read Excel default charts into Tufte-compliant wonderwerks in a single click. Here’s what it does:

• Removes “chart-junk” (the contrast-reducing light grey background on most Excel charts, extraneous lines
• Formats the axes with easy to read numeric formats (22000 becomes “22k”)
• Changes series colors to an optimally chosen set that are designed for maximum contrast and readability
• Removes 3D from the chart. 3D charts introduce distortions that make it hard for people to understand your numbers.
• Fixes axis scaling problems.
• Fixes font and marker sizes to make them readable if you have resized your chart

To try Clean Charts and install it, download both these files into the same directory. Then open the Clean Charts Installer.xls file with macros turned on. Follow the instructions inside the installer.

Go to the plugin home page to download the latest version.

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AwesomeChartJS ios a brand new open source Javascript library for creating beautiful HTML5 charts. AwesomeChartJS is a standalone library and is very easy to use.

Chart types:

• vertical and horizontal bar charts
• pareto bar charts
• pie charts (whole or part)
• exploded pie charts
• ring/doughnut charts

AwesomeChartJS is all about simplicity and this means it doesnt have many customisation options.

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Now, it seems that the critics have been proved wrong after a recent survey concerning the iPhones popularity. According to the study carried out by BCN of over 2,300 Japanese retailers, the iPhone holds the top two positions in terms of sales with the 8 GB model having the number one position followed closely by the 16 GB model.

Furthermore, because the results of this survey were released before the iPhone 3G S burst onto the market, chances are that the iPhone is now even higher up the leader board.

These figures must be keeping the top dogs at Apple happy while the rest of the Japanese mobile phone market struggles due to the recession. A recent report carried out by Sky News found that the Japanese retail market is floundering as consumers tighten the purse strings. Now that Apple is planning future iPhones, Apple may be painting a bright future in Asia.

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