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Provides specific examples of when to use a SmartArt graphic and when to use a chart to help you decide which is best for your information.

Find out how to choose between the 64-bit or 32-bit version of Office. Get answers to some common questions about 32-bit and 64-bit versions of Windows.

Resolves vulnerabilities in the Microsoft .NET Framework and Microsoft Silverlight that could allow remote code execution if a user opens a specially crafted document or goes to an untrusted webpage that contains embedded TrueType or OpenType fonts.

This article describes how to use Python libraries, such as seabornand matplotlib, to create plots and charts. To learn more about the open-source libraries available with Python in Excel, see Open-source libraries and Python in Excel .

Whether you’ll use a chart that’s recommended for your data, one that you’ll pick from the list of all charts, or one from our selection of chart templates, it might help to know a little more about each type of chart.

Build an org chart with SmartArt. Create a template from a presentation. Try-it! Transcript. Add an org chart to your slide, and see how to use SmartArt Tools to do so. Add a box in your organization chart. Click the existing box that is located closest to where you want to add the new box.

You can change the scale of a 3-D chart by specifying its height and depth as a percentage of the base of the chart. Click the chart area of the 3-D chart that you want to change, or select Chart area from the Chart elements list under Current Selection on the Format tab.

This article explains how to create a flow chart that contains pictures. You can use the methods described in this article to create or change almost any SmartArt graphic. Try different layouts to achieve the results you want.

If your chart contains chart titles (ie. the name of the chart) or axis titles (the titles shown on the x, y or z axis of a chart) and data labels (which provide further detail on a particular data point on the chart), you can edit those titles and labels.