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FORMATTING A CHART

                 MS Excel provides various tools to improve the appearance of a chart. When you select a chart
                 on a slide, a new contextual tab named Chart Tools will appear. The Chart Tools tab contains
                 three tabs namely Design, Layout and Format.








                                                            Chart Tools tab
                 These tabs contain various commands to change the layout, style, type and shape of the chart.
                 Let’s learn about some of them in detail.
                 Change Chart Type


                 You can change the type of an existing chart at any time. Perform the following steps to change
                 the chart type:
                 Step 1  Select the chart.

                 Step 2 Click on the Change Chart Type command from the Type group under the Design
                         tab.









                                                              Design Tab

                 Step 3  Click on Line from the left panel of the Change Chart Type dialog box.

























                                                      Change Chart Type dialog box

                 Step 4  Click on the Line with Markers option from the right panel under the Line group. The
                         chart will change to Line Chart similar to this.




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