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Add a picture or textured fill to a chart

1. In the design window, make sure the chart is activated. For instructions, see Help for your design program.
2. Select the chart area or item to which you want to add a picture— for example, the chart workspace, the plot area, or a data marker.
3. On the toolbar, click Commands and Options , and then click the Border/Fill tab.
4. Under Fill, in the Fill Type list, click Picture/Texture.
5. Do one of the following:

   Add your own picture

   1. Click URL and type the location and name of the image you want to use.

      For location, you can use a Web address starting with a valid protocol such as:

      http://www.microsoft.com/images/image_name.gif

      or a universal naming convention (UNC) path such as:

      \\server\folder\image_name.gif

      or a path to a file on your hard drive, such as:

      C:\image_image.gif

   2. Press ENTER.
   3. Next to Format, click an option for how you want the picture to appear in the chart.
      • Tile Tiles the image to fill the selected space.
      • Stretch Stretches the image to fill the selected space.
      • Stack Stacks the image to fill the selected space.
      • Stack scale Stacks the image according to the number of value axis units you specify in the units box. For example, if a data marker in a column chart measures $6,000 on the value axis, and you specify units to represent $1,000, six images would be stacked in the data marker.
      • Stretch plot Stretches the image across the entire chart, but fills only the selected item or items.
   4. If you chose Stack scale, type the units you want each image to fill in the units box, and then press ENTER.

   Add a built-in texture

   • Click Preset and click the texture you want to use in the Preset list.