There may be times when you want to display a chart with your data using MS Excel, but you don't want it to take up the space on the worksheet. One solution is to place the chart in a document.

First, create your chart and cut and paste it to a drawing program such as Paint. Save the chart as a picture file and then go back and insert a comment in the worksheet.

To add the chart to the comment, follow these steps:

1. Double-click the comment.
    
2. Select the Colors and Lines tab.
    
3. In the Fill section, select Fill Effects from the Color drop-down list.
    
4. Select the Picture tab and then click the Select Picture button.
    
5. Navigate to the file that contains the chart and click the Insert button.
    
6. Click OK twice.

You can now simply point to the cell that contains the comment and the chart is displayed.

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