How to Add Charts in Microsoft Word

Insert charts into Word

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Open the Microsoft Word document. To do this, you can double-click an existing Word document, or open Microsoft Word and select the file from the Recent section .

With a new document, simply open Microsoft Word and click Blank document .

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Click where you want to insert the chart in the document. The mouse pointer will flash at the spot you just clicked; This is where the chart will be displayed later.

For example, if you click below the paragraph, this is where the chart will be inserted.

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Click the Insert tab at the top of the Word page, to the right of the Home tab .

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Click Chart . This option has a multicolored bar icon and is located lower right of the Insert tab .

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Click Format chart. This option is listed to the left of the Chart pop-up window

Some common chart formats are line , column , and pie .

You can customize the chart format by clicking the display options at the top of the formatting window.

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Click OK . The chart will be inserted into the document.

A small Excel window with cells will also appear for you to enter data.

Add data to the chart

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Click a cell in the Excel window. This cell will be selected and you can add data points to it.

Values ​​in column "A" represent data on the X axis of the chart.

Each value in row "1" represents a line or bar (for example, "B1" is a line or bar, "C1" is a line or bar, and so on).

The numeric values ​​outside column "A" and row "1" represent different data points in the Y axis.

All data you enter into an Excel cell will be re-entered to reflect the chart data.

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Enter numbers or names.

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Press ↵ Enteror ⏎ Return. The data will be entered into the cell, then you will be able to continue with the other cell.

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Repeat this process for each data point. As you enter data, the chart changes accordingly.

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Click the X button in the upper right corner of the Excel window. This window will close and save the changes to the chart.

You can reopen the Excel window at any time by clicking the chart.

Micah Soto

Update 10 November 2023