Creating Sparklines with Google Drive Spreadsheets

In my spare time over the last few days, I have been working on my eBook about data analysis apps.  I discovered that Google Drive Spreadsheet allow users to create Sparklines!  Sparklines allow us to visualize trends within a single spreadsheet cell.  For example, you could show a trend for hemaglobin A1C, blood sugars, any blood chemistry value, or body temperature changes.  There is a great video on the topic by Google Gooru on YouTube at http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZDB_TKcHh_0&feature=player_embeddedhttp://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZDB_TKcHh_0&feature=player_embedded

Microsoft Office 2010

I upgraded to Microsoft Office 2010 on my Windows computers the past couple of weeks.  Users are prompted to open a website with resources to learn the new features.  As an example, there is a video showing the new slicer and sparklines featured in Excel and the ability to embed the code in a website as noted below. There will be additional information about Office 2010 in the 4th edition of our Nursing and Informatics textbook.