Anything in the clipboard can be pasted onto a chart
![Book image Book image](http://officeimg.vo.msecnd.net/en-ca/files/986/850/ZA010282560.jpg)
Clicking on the coins, copy (ctrl/c), click on a series, Home/paste (or ctrl/v):
![Book image Book image](http://officeimg.vo.msecnd.net/en-ca/files/909/291/ZA010282561.jpg)
Right-click on the series, use Format Data Series:
![Book image Book image](http://officeimg.vo.msecnd.net/en-ca/files/228/256/ZA010282562.jpg)
Click these options: [Excel 2003:Patterns tab|Fill Effects]
![Book image Book image](http://officeimg.vo.msecnd.net/en-ca/files/865/731/ZA010282563.jpg)
There are 3 format options:
- Stretch (default)
- Stack
- Stack and scale to
If we select Stack, we see:
![Book image Book image](http://officeimg.vo.msecnd.net/en-ca/files/709/079/ZA010282564.jpg)
If we select Stack and scale, we can enter a number into the Unit/Picture box. Again, this is something you can experiment with.
You also may have noticed these options in this dialog:
- Gradient fill
- Picture or texture fill
- And others
Here's the gradient option selected and the Preset colors dropdown:
![Book image Book image](http://officeimg.vo.msecnd.net/en-ca/files/041/892/ZA010282565.jpg)
The new chart:
![Book image Book image](http://officeimg.vo.msecnd.net/en-ca/files/141/453/ZA010282566.jpg)
On the picture tab there was a button to select a picture−you can use any picture you have on your computer! You can experiment with the other tabs as well.