DamerFlinn

Do you intend on changing graphs so they do not automatically truncate the y-axis?

If not, what is the reasoning behind this?

As a follow-up to this: are there any plans on getting rid of ineffective visuals such as 3D pie charts, in line with Stephen Few's thoughts on the matter?

Is there a data visualization sub-team as part of the wider MS Excel development thing?

Thanks a bunch for answering, Excel has given me a lot in my professional life and I hope you never stop improving it!

As mentioned below by u/JonPeltier: If the minimum is more than 5/6 of the maximum, then the Y axis will not start at zero. For a line or scatter chart, this is fine. For a bar or area chart it can be very misleading.

Basically my problem with this is that MS Excel is, for millions of people, their first experience with data visualization, but built into it is one of the worst and most misleading practices in the entire field.

Here is a great way of ensuring the end user does not pick bad charts: do not offer them at all :)