You’ve done the hard work in the laboratory, taking precise measurements and recording them diligently. Now comes the time to write up your results.
But how should you do this? Is there not some kind of clear, simple and visually striking way to present your data in a Microsoft Word document? Friend, you’ve come to the right place.
In today’s blog post, we run through the basics of adding (and formatting) charts and tables in Microsoft Word.
Microsoft Word enables adding charts and graphs of many kinds in your document, from simple pie charts to 3D surface graphs. To do this, simply:
You can customize your chart further via the buttons that appear when you click on the chart (options include layout, chart elements, chart style, colors and the data you wish to be visible).
Alternatively, if you already have an Excel spreadsheet containing a chart, you can copy and paste this to a Microsoft Word document using the “Paste Special…” option on the “Home” tab (to select this, click the small arrow at the bottom of the normal “Paste” button).
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To do this, open the Excel spreadsheet in question and copy the relevant chart. Next, select “Paste Special.” You can then add the chart to your Word document by selecting “Paste link” and “Microsoft Excel Chart Object”.
This links the chart in the Word document to the one in the original spreadsheet. It will then update automatically if the values in the spreadsheet are changed.
You have various options for adding tables to a Microsoft Word document, so we’ll stick to the three simplest here.
If you click on an existing table, you can edit its design and layout via the “Table Tools” tab that appears on the ribbon.
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