Excel - Resizing/Scaling Charts

Modified on Thu, 24 Sep at 10:45 AM

You can preview charts with formatting or resizing applied before sending them to PowerPoint or Word.

To resize the chart to fit a placeholder in PowerPoint or Word, select the placeholder first.

In Excel, select the chart.

From the Scale dropdown, select one of the following

  • For PPT or Word Scale to Selected Placeholder resizes to fit the placeholder only.
  • For PPT or Word 1 Up resizes the chart to fit a 1 Up placeholder.
  • For PPT or Word 2 Up resizes the chart to fit a 2 Up placeholder.
  • For PPT or Word 4 Up resizes the chart to fit a 4 Up placeholder.

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