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Tip. Excel automatically inserts a legend with default formatting at your selected location in the chart. You can then format the legend's font and change its location via the Legend Options panel. To access the Legend Options panel, start by clicking your chart to select it. Click the 'Charts' tab on the ribbon, click 'Chart Layout,' click the 'Legend' button, and then click 'Legend Options' to load a list of customizable options for your legend. Click the 'Font' tab to customize the font.
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Create a gauge chart or speedometer chart in excel using these simple steps in less than 10 minutes. All you need is to hack a donut chart and pie chart and superimpose them. May 14, 2018 This wikiHow teaches you how to create a visual representation of your data in Microsoft Excel using a pie chart. If your chart uses different column letters, numbers, and so on, simply remember to click the top-left cell in your data group and then click the bottom-right while holding ⇧ Shift.
Click the 'Placement' tab to change where the legend appears on the chart.
Charts are a great way to visually represent all the numbers, and in Excel 2008 for Mac, making your data stand out is easy. There's no better way to understand data than by charting.
The Microsoft Office for Mac team shows you just how to get started with charts in this how-to video. Charts can make data easier to understand and visualize. Office 2008 makes it easy to create modern-looking charts that include special effects such as 3-D, transparency, and shadows. After you create a chart in Office, you can also use it in other Excel documents.
After watching this video, you'll be able to:. Add and update a chart in Excel 2008. Change the chart sorting to see a different view of your data. Add chart titles. Change the chart style and chart type. Copy a chart to a Word document or PowerPoint presentation.
Add a chart to a document or presentation directly from Word or PowerPoint.