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Changing Chart Design
MS Excel 2010 has some in-built chart styles. These styles are listed in the Chart Layouts group
of the Design tab. You can select the chart and click on any of these layouts to change the
design of your chart.
You can also change the colour scheme of the bars of your chart. Select a scheme from Chart
Styles group under the Design tab. A 3-D effect can also be applied to the chart using these
Chart Styles. 2-D and 3-D chart styles may look like these.
2-D chart style 3-D chart style
Recap
Charts make it easier to draw comparisons, analyse growth and relationship among
the values.
Components of a chart are chart title, X-axis, Y-axis, plot area, data series, data labels,
gridlines, legend and chart area.
MS Excel provides a variety of chart formats such as Bar, Column, Pie, Line, Area,
Doughnut, Scatter, Surface, or Radar.
MS Excel provides various tools to improve the appearance of a chart.
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