Use Power View to create charts If you’ve got Office Professional Plus, try using the Power View add-in. Let Excel do it for you If you’re overwhelmed by the many chart options, or you miss the Chart Wizard that was available in earlier versions of Excel, try getting started with an Excel recommended chart.įine-tune your chart in a few steps You’ll find three buttons right next to your chart that let you add chart elements such as titles and data labels, change the look and layout of your chart, and define the data you want to show without having to peruse the Chart Tools ribbon to find what you want.Ĭopy your chart to other programs While you can create charts directly in other Office programs like Word and PowerPoint, copying charts from Excel into another program, with or without a link to the data in Excel, is often a fast and effective way to include charts in the other files.
Get started with a chart that’s recommended for your data, and then finalize it in another few steps so your chart looks professional and has all the details you want to show.
Creating charts has never been a one-step process, but we’ve made it easier to complete all of the steps in Excel 2013.
