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# How to format a chart
- URL: https://www.plainfinance.net/how-to-format/
- Published: 2023-07-27T09:56:40.000Z
- Updated: 2025-07-03T10:46:25.000Z
- Author: Gary Bandy
- Tags: #Migrated-1749137416019, #sqs, #Import 2025-06-05 15:30

How to format a chart TIP: Remove the clutter from your charts. If you want your reader to get your message you need to make your message clear. Don’t just copy and paste a chart from Excel into a Word document or presentation. You need to format it first. Here's how.

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