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Where is Chart Tools in Microsoft Excel 2007, 2010 and 2013

• Familiar way to seek Chart Tools if you have Classic Menu for Office
• If you do not have Classic Menu for Office

Charts are quite vivid to help readers understand presenting data and analysis. However, the Chart Tools seem be hidden in Ribbon. Here offers two methods to find out the Chart Tools in Microsoft Excel 2007, 2010 and 2013.

Familiar way to seek Chart Tools if you have Classic Menu for Office

If you have installed Classic Menu for Office on your computer, you will find out that your Microsoft Excel 2007/2010/2013 is so familiar with Excel 2003 that it is easy to find out commands and functionalities:

• Click the Insert drop down menu in main menus;
• Click the All Chart Types… item to add a chart;
• Select the chart, you will view three extra tabs appear in Ribbon: Design tab, Layout tab, and Format tab. These tabs will help you format and edit your charts.

Figure 1: Find out Chart Tools from Classic Menu

Please note that as soon as the chart is deselected, these tabs disappear.

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Seek Chart Tools in Ribbon if you do not have Classic Menu for Office

• Click the Insert tab;
• Go to the Chart Layouts group;
• Select one chart type and insert a chart into worksheet;
• Select the chart, and then Design tab, Layout tab, and Format tab appear in the far right of Ribbon. With these tab, you are able to edit your chart.

Figure 2: Seek for Chart Tools from Excel 2007/2010/2013 Ribbon

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Classic Menu for Office

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		Classic Menu for Office 2007 It includes Classic Menu for Word, Excel, PowerPoint, Access and Outlook 2007.
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