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If you need to add additional data from the spreadsheet to the chart after it's created, you can adjust the source data area. Select the chart. In the worksheet, click a sizing handle for the source data and drag it to include the additional data. The new data needs to be in cells adjacent to the existing chart data.

Right-click your chart, and then choose Select Data. In the Legend Entries (Series) box, click the series you want to change. Click Edit, make your changes, and click OK. Changes you make may break links to the source data on the worksheet.

To resize the text box, use one of the following ways: Click any sizing handle, and then drag until the text box is the size that you want. For precise sizing measurements in Windows, select the text box and on the Format tab, in the Size group, enter the size you want in the Height and Width boxes.

Excel Quick Tip: How to Make Charts Auto Update - YouTube YouTube Start of suggested clip End of suggested clip Now the trick is to format your source data as a table to do this just make sure one of the cells inMoreNow the trick is to format your source data as a table to do this just make sure one of the cells in your data is selected. Then on the Home tab go to format as table.

The only way to change the size of a chart title is to change the font size. Manual resizing is not possible in chart titles (and never was). If you want more control over the chart title, you can manually insert a text box, which can be sized and formatted as you like.

A dynamic chart range is a data range that updates automatically when you change the data source. This dynamic range is then used as the source data in a chart. As the data changes, the dynamic range updates instantly which leads to an update in the chart.

Simply format your source data as a table, then create a chart based on that table. When you add more data below the table, it will automatically be included in both the table and the chart, keeping everything consistent and up to date. Watch the video below to learn how to use tables to keep charts up to date.

If you need to add additional data from the spreadsheet to the chart after it's created, you can adjust the source data area. Select the chart. In the worksheet, click a sizing handle for the source data and drag it to include the additional data. The new data needs to be in cells adjacent to the existing chart data.

Resize a chart To change the size manually, click the chart, and then drag the sizing handles to the size that you want. To use specific height and width measurements, on the Format tab, in the Size group, enter the size in the Height and Width box.

To do this, leave the chart title box blank (or delete it), then click anywhere on the chart, then click the Layout tab under Chart tools, then click Text Box under Insert, then drag open a text box on the chart and type your chart title into it. This text box can be resized, formatted etc. Was this reply helpful?