Inserting an Excel Chart into a Document, Publication, or Presentation

If the final results of your data are contained in an Excel worksheet but you want to display the data as a chart, you can copy the chart into your Word document, Publisher publication, or PowerPoint presentation. You can insert the chart in one of three ways: as a picture; as a linked Excel object so that changes to the chart in the Excel file will be updated in the chart in your document, publication, or presentation; or as an unlinked (or embedded) Excel object so that the chart resides in your Word, Publisher, or PowerPoint file. The last option lets you edit the chart as necessary, and you no longer need the original Excel file.

Insert the Chart

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