There may be times when the built-in chart formats just don't meet your needs. In these instances, you can always make any changes desired to your chart and then save all the chart settings as a user-defined format. You can then apply these settings to other charts, and you won't have to go through the long or tedious steps necessary to do all the formatting over again.
To create your own chart format, follow these steps:
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2019-08-14 13:53:37
Julie
I have a detailed income/expense spreadsheet for homesteading. I want to do a column chart that will show income / expense / difference totals only in each category for the year (Farmers Market, Fowl, Cows, Greenhouse, etc.). I have Excel 2013, and cannot find 'Custom Types' on the Chart menu. I am very new to charts in Excel, so please let me know if it can be done. Thank you!
2015-04-02 19:15:13
Rachele
Thank you. I have saved my template however, my orientation keeps changing. Any tip? Not an issue for a few charts but I'm doing 40 :-)
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