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Linking Charts

(beware the links – create a copy & break the links) & modifying

(work out a way to update automatically)

Converting files to a pdf – use distiller 3.0 (it must be open though before you print to it)

When you create a chart in Word you are actually running a separate program called MS Graph.

This is the same program used in Word.

When you insert a chart, the data on which you want to use is displayed in a special window called the DataSheet

SS

(Insert > Picture > Chart)

When you work with MS Graph a separate window opens with toolbars and menus of that application.

You get additional Chart and Data drop-down menus on the standard menu

Using (Insert > Object)

choose Microsoft Excel Chart in the Object type list box

select "create new"

a sample will be displayed

To exit the Excel chart click outsde the chart application.

To see the Excel chart window again, double click the chart or the data sheet.

You can choose to import a linked file which will remain linked to its source file and be capable of being updated when the source is updated.

Or you can import an embedded file, which will remain part of the Word document which remains connected to the creating program (Excel) but not to the source.

You will need to change the sample data with your own.