Resizing an Excel Chart

To resize your chart, do the following:

Move your mouse pointer to the middle black square on the bottom row (if you can't see any black squares around your chart, click on the chart with the left mouse button to select it)
Your mouse pointer will change to the shape of a arrow-headed line, like the one in the image below:

The Resize Cursor

When you mouse pointer changes to the shape above, hold down your left mouse button
Keep your left mouse button held down and drag downwards
Let go of the mouse button when the bottom of your chart reaches about Row 22
Your chart should look like the one in the next picture:

The Resized Chart

As you can see, all the programmes are now showing. You can make your chart wider by moving your mouse over the right middle black square, and then dragging outwards. But careful not to drag too far out because some of your programmes will disappear. If this happens, click Edit from the menu bar, then click "Undo" from the menu.

We can make some of the Titles bold. To make your titles bold, do the following:

Click on Viewing Figures, but click with your right mouse button
A small menu pops up
Click on Format Chart Title

Format Chart Ttile

Another dialogue box pops up
Select the Font tab strip
Choose a Bold font style and click the OK button
Your title is made Bold
Do the same with the Programmes title and the Millions title

Your Chart should now look something like the one below:

Except you might have noticed something: The programme with the highest viewing figures, Casualty, is at the bottom! The programme with the lowest viewing figures is at the top. We can do something about this quite easily. To get them other way around, do this:

Click on Sheet 1 to return to your spreadsheet Data
Make sure the data is still highlighted
Click on Data from the menu bar
From the drop down menu, click on Sort
On the Sort dialogue box, change the two Descending radio buttons to Ascending
Click the OK button
Click back on Sheet 2 to see your Chart
The Highest programme should now be at the top, and the lowest at the bottom

The above method is not an ideal solution, but that is due to the nature of the Chart type we have chosen.

We'll now do something different with the ITV programmes. We'll create a different chart - a Pie Chart.

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