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Layout OK button How to Reposition a Chart
Pro Tip: Select the arrow next to Edit Data and select Edit Data in Excel if you want to update your chart in Excel rather than Word’s spreadsheet.
Chart Elements button and menu How to Update Existing Data in a Chart (Click inside the border to select the chart if the right-side buttons are not visible.)įigure 8.
Important Note: Word provides many ways to customize charts-many more than can reasonably be covered in one tutorial. These steps apply to all seventeen of Word’s prebuilt chart types: Column This tutorial explains the basics of creating and customizing charts in Microsoft Word. Charts offer a concise and visually appealing way to present numeric information.