Charts and Graphs: Microsoft® Excel® 2010

2. Customizing Charts

IN THIS CHAPTER

Accessing Element Formatting Tools 37

Identifying Chart Elements 38

Formatting Chart Elements 41

Formatting a Series 75

Using the Format Tab 76

Replacing Data Markers with Clip Art or Shapes 80

Accessing Element Formatting Tools

In Chapter 1, “Introducing Charts in Excel 2010,” you learned how to create a chart using the Insert tab. You also learned how to choose built-in layouts and styles on the Design tab and apply them to your chart.

In real life, you usually want to have some control over the various elements in a chart. Excel 2010 provides three additional levels of control over chart elements:

• The Layout tab contains a few popular choices for formatting 15 chart elements. In 60 percent of cases, ...