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Adjust charts quickly with quick layout, change colors, and chart styles options

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Adjust charts quickly with quick layout, change colors, and chart styles options

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- [Dennis] There's so many choices 2 when you create charts in Excel 3 with regard to the format, the look of the chart, 4 that it can be overwhelming. 5 For this tip, 6 we're going to show you three quick choices you can make, 7 not on the Format tab, 8 but on the Chart Design tab 9 that we see when we create charts. 10 I want to create a chart based on this data right here 11 that I'm highlighting, 12 and the fastest way 13 to create a chart in Excel is to press Alt + F1 14 That's using the function key F1. 15 Alt + F1. There's a chart. 16 Now, if you only work with charts occasionally, 17 or you only want to make some minor changes here 18 to the appearance, 19 the Chart Design tab, 20 which is automatically selected when you create a chart, 21 has three choices you want to consider. 22 Probably what grabs your eye immediately 23 are what we call Chart Styles. 24 This happens to be a Column Chart. 25 As…

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