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Add an Office Chart component

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1. In Page view, at the bottom of the document window, click Design .
2. Place the insertion point where you want to add a Microsoft Office Chart component.
3. On the Insert menu, click Web Component.
4. In the Component type list, click Spreadsheets and charts.
5. In the Choose a control list, click Office Chart.
6. Click Finish.
7. On the Data Source tab, do one of the following:
   • To display new data that you enter, click Data typed into a data sheet, and then click Data Sheet to enter the data.
   • To display data from an existing database, click Data from a database table or query, and then click Connection to select options for a database connection.
   • To display data from an Office Spreadsheet or Office PivotTable component on the same Web page, click Data from the following Web page item, and then click the component you want.

     This option is available only if an Office Spreadsheet or Office PivotTable component is on the page.

8. Select any additional options you want.
9. If you want to learn more about designing and using an Office Chart, see Microsoft Office Chart Component Help. To open Microsoft Office Chart Component Help, right-click inside the Office Chart, and then click Help on the shortcut menu.

Note  To enter or display data in an Office Chart, your site visitors must use Microsoft Internet Explorer 5.01 with Service Pack 2 (SP2) or later and they must have the Microsoft Office Web Components installed on their computers.