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Resize the Plot Area in Excel Chart - Titles and Labels Overlap - YouTube YouTube Start of suggested clip End of suggested clip And you can basically select any of the chart elements like the title or here's the plot area rightMoreAnd you can basically select any of the chart elements like the title or here's the plot area right here and just clicking on that will then select the plot area within the chart.

Resize a chart 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.

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.

Resize Using Mouse Select one or more columns you'd like to make wider. Click the right boundary of one of the columns you selected. Hold down your left mouse button and drag your mouse to the right to make the columns wider.

Change the chart text font Right click the chart title and click Font. Click the Font tab, and enter the new size in the Size box.

Change the chart text font Right click the chart title and click Font. Click the Font tab, and enter the new size in the Size box.

To resize the text box, use one of the following ways: Click any sizing handle, and then drag until the text box is the size that you want. For precise sizing measurements in Windows, select the text box and on the Format tab, in the Size group, enter the size you want in the Height and Width boxes.

If you need to add additional data from the spreadsheet to the chart after it's created, you can adjust the source data area. Select the chart. In the worksheet, click a sizing handle for the source data and drag it to include the additional data. The new data needs to be in cells adjacent to the existing chart data.

If you need to add additional data from the spreadsheet to the chart after it's created, you can adjust the source data area. Select the chart. In the worksheet, click a sizing handle for the source data and drag it to include the additional data. The new data needs to be in cells adjacent to the existing chart data.

To do this, leave the chart title box blank (or delete it), then click anywhere on the chart, then click the Layout tab under Chart tools, then click Text Box under Insert, then drag open a text box on the chart and type your chart title into it. This text box can be resized, formatted etc. Was this reply helpful?