This is confusing enough, but my problem is that I can't even manually update in the case of two spreadsheets I maintain. I keep lots of different data that is updated from various websites and databases. When I first link the chart into my word doc which is how I format my reports I send in email , the chart updates ok. But the next week when I update all my charts, nothing gets update in my Word document.
I have to re-insert every chart again. When you embed an Excel chart, information in the Word file doesn't change if you modify the source Excel file. Embedded objects become part of the Word file and, after they are inserted, they are no longer part of the source file.
Because the information is totally contained in one Word document, embedding is useful when you don't want the information to reflect changes in the source file, or when you don't want the document recipients to be concerned with updating the linked information. For more information, you can refer to this article:.
Hope it helps. Best Regards,. Sally Tang. Oops I screwed up above. The changes will be reflected in the chart in Word. To change the number of rows and columns that are included in the chart, rest the pointer on the lower-right corner of the selected data, and then drag to select additional data. In the following example, the table is expanded to include additional categories and data series.
After you create a chart, you might want to change the way that table rows and columns are plotted in the chart. For example, your first version of a chart might plot the rows of data from the table on the chart's vertical value axis, and the columns of data on the horizontal category axis.
In the following example, the chart emphasizes sales by instrument. However, if you want the chart to emphasize the sales by month, you can reverse the way the chart is plotted.
To change the order of a data series, you need to work with a chart that has more than one data series. In the chart, select a data series. For example, in a column chart, click a column, and all the columns of that data series become selected. In the Select Data Source dialog box, next to Legend entries Series , use the up and down arrows to move the series up or down in the list.
Note: For most chart types, changing the order of the data series affects both the legend and the chart itself. For example, in a column chart, click a column, and all columns of that data series become selected. Under Legend entries Series , select the data series that you want to remove, and then click Remove -. Under Chart Element Styles , click the arrow next to Fill , and then click the color that you want.
Select the location in which you want the data label to appear for example, select Outside End. When you create a chart from data that uses dates, and the dates are plotted along the horizontal axis in the chart, Office automatically changes the horizontal axis to a date time-scale axis.
You can also manually change a horizontal axis to a date axis. A date axis displays dates in chronological order at set intervals or base units, such as the number of days, months, or years, even if the dates on the Excel sheet are not in sequential order or in the same base units. By default, Office uses the smallest difference between any two dates in the data to determine the base units for the date axis.
For example, if you have data for stock prices where the smallest difference between dates is seven days, Office sets the base unit to days. However, you can change the base unit to months or years if you want to see the performance of the stock over a longer time. The Format Axis pane appears. To learn more about how to format cells as dates, see Display dates, times, currency, fractions, or percentages.
The changes will be reflected in the chart in PowerPoint. Click the Chart Design tab, and then click Select Data. The changes will be reflected in the chart. Excel highlights the data table that is used for the chart.
The recipient will have to make it local to his or her machine too. This is how to do it. Just click Update Source and point the report file to the new location of the Excel file. And click the radio button by Automatic update. But next year? Then you take the rest of the afternoon off and send me a quick tweet about how great that was.
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