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Edit or rearrange a series Right-click your chart, and then choose Select Data. In the Legend Entries (Series) box, click the series you want to change. Click Edit, make your changes, and click OK. Changes you make may break links to the source data on the worksheet.

Under Chart Tools, on the Design tab, in the Data group, click Edit Data. Microsoft Excel opens in a new window and displays the worksheet for the selected chart. In the Excel worksheet, click the cell that contains the title or the data that you want to change, and then enter the new information. Close the Excel file.

In the worksheet, click the cell that contains the title or data label text that you want to change. Edit the existing contents, or type the new text or value, and then press ENTER. The changes you made automatically appear on the chart.

You can change the style of an existing chart for a different look. For most 2-D charts, you can change the chart type of the whole chart to give the chart a different look, or you can select a different chart type for any single data series, which turns the chart into a combination chart.

To resize a chart, do one of the following: To change the size manually, click the chart, and then drag the sizing handles to the size that you want. To use specific height and width measurements, on the Format tab, in the Size group, enter the size in the Height and Width box. .

Tips for arranging data for charts Select specific cells, columns, or rows for your data. For example, if your data has multiple columns but you want a pie chart, select the column containing your labels, and just one column of data. Switch the rows and columns in the chart after you create it. Select the chart.

On the Layout tab, in the Labels group, click Data Labels, and then click the option that you want. For additional data label options, click More Data Label Options, click Label Options if it's not selected, and then select the options that you want.