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Paste Information from Excel as a Picture


Do you want to place an image of an Excel file into a Word document, image editing program, or other program? It's easy to do.

  1. On the Excel worksheet or chart sheet, select the cells or click the chart or object you want to copy.

    chart.

  2. Hold down SHIFT and click Copy Picture on the Edit menu.

    copy picture.

  3. For best picture quality, make sure As shown on screen and Picture are selected, and then click OK.

    copy picture.

  4. Click the worksheet or other document where you want to paste the picture. (You may insert into another application like MS Word or PowerPoint.
  5. Click Paste on the Edit menu.

To make adjustments to the image after you've pasted it, use the Picture toolbar. (To open it, point to Toolbars on the View menu and click Picture.)

Picture Toolbar in Excel for chart.