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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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