### 3.7 Embedding a Chart in a Document

You can take a chart and embed it as a component in a compound document such as a Word, Excel or Powerpoint document. To do this, copy the chart to the clipboard by clicking on the Copy Entire Chart button and paste it into the compound document3. Later you can edit the chart by double clicking the chart in the document4.

Right clicking an embedded chart in a document will bring up a menu of options, where you can select `Edit` or `Open` for editing in a separate window; or `View Full Screen` to view (but not edit) the chart in full screen.

We note that page, chart design and layout settings you select on the ribbon are saved with embedded documents, but not when you save the chart into a file.

#### Footnotes

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Make sure you paste the chart using ‘`Paste Special...`’ as an ‘`Msc-generator Chart Object`’.

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In place editing is no longer supported from version 3.4.1.