Excel 2010 Bible

Part III: Creating Charts and Graphics

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Excel provides three ways, described in the following sections, to select a particular chart element:

l Mouse

l (^) Keyboard
l Chart Elements control

Selecting with the mouse

To select a chart element with your mouse, just click the element. The chart element appears with

small circles at the corners.

Tip
Some chart elements are a bit tricky to select. To ensure that you select the chart element that you intended to
select, view the Chart Element control, located in the Chart Tools ➪ Format ➪ Current Selection group of the
Ribbon (see Figure 19.1). n

FIGURE 19.1

The Chart Element control displays the name of the selected chart element. In this example, the Legend is
selected.

When you move the mouse over a chart, a small chart tip displays the name of the chart element

under the mouse pointer. When the mouse pointer is over a data point, the chart tip also displays

the value of the data point.