Editing chart elements

Move and resize charts

Once the chart is added, you can change its size and position. To change the chart size, drag small squares situated on its edges. To maintain the original proportions of the selected chart while resizing, hold down the Shift key and drag one of the corner icons.

To alter the chart position, use the icon that appears after hovering your mouse cursor over the chart. Drag the chart to the necessary position without releasing the mouse button. When you move the chart, guidelines are displayed to help you position the object on the page precisely (if a wrapping style other than inline is selected).

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The list of keyboard shortcuts that can be used when working with objects is available here.

Edit chart elements

To edit the chart Title, select the default text with the mouse and type the required text.

To change the font formatting within text elements, such as the chart title, axes titles, legend entries, data labels etc., select the necessary text element by left-clicking it. Then use the corresponding icons on the Home tab of the top toolbar to change the font type, size, color or its decoration style.

When the chart is selected, the Shape settings icon is also available on the right, since a shape is used as a background for the chart. You can click this icon to open the Shape settings tab on the right sidebar and adjust Fill and Line of the shape. Note that you cannot change the shape type.

Using the Shape settings tab on the right panel, you can both adjust the chart area itself and change the chart elements, such as plot area, data series, chart title, legend, etc. and apply different fill types to them. Select the chart element clicking it with the left mouse button and choose the preferred fill type: solid color, gradient, texture or picture, pattern. Specify the fill parameters and set the Opacity level if necessary. When you select a vertical or horizontal axis or gridlines, the stroke settings are only available at the Shape settings tab: color, width, type, and opacity. For more details on how to work with shape colors, fills and stroke, you can refer to this page.

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The Show shadow option is also available at the Shape settings tab, but it is disabled for chart elements.

If you need to resize chart elements, left-click to select the needed element and drag one of 8 white squares located along the perimeter of the element.

To change the position of the element, left-click on it, make sure your cursor changed to , hold the left mouse button and drag the element to the needed position.

To delete a chart element, select it by left-clicking and press the Delete key on the keyboard.

You can also rotate 3D charts using the mouse. Left-click within the plot area to select it, then hold the mouse button. Drag the cursor without releasing the mouse button to change the 3D chart orientation.

To adjust which chart elements are displayed, click the button in the top right corner of the inserted chart and check or uncheck the elements you want to show or hide.