From the course: Excel: Introduction to Charts and Graphs (2019)

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Select a chart style from a gallery of colorful variations

Select a chart style from a gallery of colorful variations

From the course: Excel: Introduction to Charts and Graphs (2019)

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Select a chart style from a gallery of colorful variations

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- [Instructor] The most obvious visual change you can make to a chart is what we call the chart style. On this worksheet called YearData in the chapter three Modifying file, if I click the chart to the right of the data, and then click Design tab, what dominates the display here are these various chart styles. And with most kinds of charts, we also have a drop arrow to the right. So we've got 14 different choices here. As we slide over those, watch the chart. Now, for the most part, we're talking about color changes, background changes, but in some cases, the legend, which for the most part is at the bottom of the screen here, might change its location. So, the example here, it's below the chart title up top. So we're seeing some changes. And some of these might take some time if we were trying to make these changes manually. Notice that two of them have a black background. That certainly stands out on the screen more prominently. Might be a better choice for display. Might not print…

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