How to Remove Excess Area in an Excel 2007 Graph

You can resize the graphs you create in Excel to remove white space.

Excel is a powerful spreadsheet program that is widely known for its presentation-quality graphs. You can use several different tools and options within the program to format graphs. If you end up with too much extra white space, you can resize the graph to have better proportions. Since you can do this from within Excel, this process should only take a few seconds.

Instructions

1. Move your cursor over the white space behind the graph until you see a cursor with four arrows in a cross.

2. Click the mouse to select the "Resize" function.

3. Click on one of the circles located on the corners or sides of the graph and drag until the graph fills the chart area as desired. This will remove any excess white space in the chart.

References

• Microsoft Office: Move or Resize a Chart