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Double-click the chart you want to change. At the right, click Customize. Click Gridlines. Optional: If your chart has horizontal and vertical gridlines, next to "Apply to," choose the gridlines you want to change.

Or, click the chart to open Chart Tools > Design, and choose from many chart styles, types, and elements. To edit the data, right-click the chart and click Edit Data to reopen the spreadsheet. Changes in the spreadsheet show up automatically in the chart. Or, under Design, click Data > Edit Data.

For a shape, picture, chart, SmartArt graphic, or other object, right-click the object, click Format Object, Format Picture, Format Chart Area, or other, and then click Alt Text. Note: The pane where you click Alt Text is dynamic and the title and lists change depending on the object you click.

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.

Alternative (Alt) Text is meant to convey the ?why? of the image as it relates to the content of a document or webpage. It is read aloud to users by screen reader software, and it is indexed by search engines. It also displays on the page if the image fails to load, as in this example of a missing image.

Select the chart and go to the Chart Tools tabs (Design and Format) on the Excel ribbon. Right-click the chart element you would like to customize, and choose the corresponding item from the context menu. Use the chart customization buttons that appear in the top right corner of your Excel graph when you click on it.

Edit a chart in Word Select the chart. Go to Chart Design or Chart Tools Design > Data > Edit Data and choose one of the following: Choose Edit Data to edit the chart in Word. Choose Edit Data in Excel.

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To format data labels, select your chart, and then in the Chart Design tab, click Add Chart Element > Data Labels > More Data Label Options. Click Label Options and under Label Contains, pick the options you want. To make data labels easier to read, you can move them inside the data points or even outside of the chart.

In all cases, you have to select the chart first to access Chart Tools. To add any labels (for example, the title or axes), under the Design ribbon, click Add Chart Element in the Chart Layouts group and select the desired label. To change the chart type, data, or location, use the Chart Tools Design ribbon.