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How to create a diagram or a chart

Chart creation

1. click anywhere in the document where you want to create the chart;
2. in the menu, chose Insert ▸ Chart. LibreOffice creates a chart of Column type, by default representing 4 data rows with 3 columns. The chart is displayed in modification mode allowing you to customize it immediately;
3. right-click on the chart to open the context menu. Depending on where you click, different options will be shown, but the menu will always display the options:
   • Chart type (Column, Bar, Area, Zone, Line, etc.)
   • Chart data table
     
     

     Chart created by default
4. choose Chart Data Table to enter the data you want the chart to represent: the chart is automatically changed;
   
   

   Data to represent entered
5. click anywhere outside the chart to exit "modification" mode.

Chart modification

Like any Draw object, a chart can be moved and resized:

Chart resized

The modification of the data is done in edit mode after you have selected the chart:

• go to Edit ▸ Object ▸ Edit; or
• right click on the chart and then chose Edit.