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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.

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Click the chart, and then drag the sizing handles to the size that you want. Click the chart, and then on the Format tab, under Size, enter the size in the Height and Width boxes.

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.

The only way to change the size of a chart title is to change the font size. Manual resizing is not possible in chart titles (and never was). If you want more control over the chart title, you can manually insert a text box, which can be sized and formatted as you like.

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?

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.

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.

Add or edit a chart title Click anywhere in the chart to show the Chart tab on the ribbon. Click Format to open the chart formatting options. In the Chart pane, expand the Chart Title section. Add or edit the Chart Title to meet your needs. Use the switch to hide the title if you don't want your chart to show a title.

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.