When writing up research, charts can help you to communicate data or make a point more clearly. And to help you do this, we’ll now look at how to add and edit charts in Google Docs.
You can add a chart to Google Docs based on an existing spreadsheet, or you can create a new chart and then add the data.
To add a new chart to a document in Google Docs:
This will add a default chart of the type selected. However, you will need to edit the chart to enter your data. We’ll look at how that works next.
When you add a new chart in Google Docs, its data is stored in Google Sheets. And while you can change the size, colors, or presentation of a chart directly in Google Docs, you will need to edit the linked spreadsheet to update the data or the labels. To do this:
This will also update the chart in Google Docs.
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By default, any chart you add in Google Docs will be “linked” to its source spreadsheet. This means you can make changes in the spreadsheet and update the chart at the click of a button. To do this:
However, you can also unlink a chart from its source spreadsheet. This is useful if you’re happy with the chart as it stands and don’t need to update it any more. To do this:
If you do this, the chart becomes an image and you cannot update the data, so make sure you are finished editing charts before unlinking them.
Finally, if you’ve already created a chart in Google Sheets, you can insert it into your Google Docs document directly. To do this:
You should now have a chart in Google Docs that presents your data clearly. And if you’d like any help to make sure that your writing is just as clear and easy to understand, you might like to submit a document for proofreading.
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