This article explains how to add a chart in a Microsoft Word document.
Steps
Method 1 of 2: Insert a Chart into Word
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Step 1. Open a Microsoft Word document
To do this, you can double-click on an existing Word file. Alternatively, open the program, then select the document from the section Recent.
If you're opening a new document, just start Word, then click Blank document.
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Step 2. Click on the document where you want to insert the chart
The cursor will appear where you clicked; when you add the chart, it will be inserted right there.
For example, clicking below a paragraph of text will insert the graph at that point
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Step 3. Click on the Insert tab
You'll see it at the top of the Word window, on the right of the tab Home.
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Step 4. Click on Graph
You will see this item inside the tab insert, to the right of the header. The icon looks like several bars of different colors.
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Step 5. Click on the format you want to assign to your chart
You will find them listed on the left side of the window that just opened.
- The most common formats are Line, Column And Cake.
- You can customize the chart format by clicking on one of the options at the top of the window dedicated to the chosen format.
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Step 6. Click OK
This way, you will insert the chart into the document.
You will also see a small Excel window appear with the cells in which you will need to enter the data
Method 2 of 2: Add Data to the Chart
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Step 1. Click on a cell in the Excel window
This way, you will select it and you can add data to it.
- The values in column "A" will be reported on the X axis of the chart.
- The values in row "1" belong to several lines or bars (for example, "B1" is one line, "C1" another, and so on).
- Numeric values that do not appear in column "A" or row "1" represent different data on the Y axis.
- You can change the data written in the Excel cells at any time and the changes will be immediately reflected in the graph.
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Step 2. Write a number or name
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Step 3. Press Enter
This way, you will enter the data in the cell and can move on to the next one.
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Step 4. Repeat for all the data you need
Each time you enter data, the graph will change to display it.
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Step 5. Click on the X in the upper right corner of the Excel window
This will close it and save the changes to the chart.