# Creating a chart with Google charts and excel

**URL:** <https://boards.straightdope.com/t/creating-a-chart-with-google-charts-and-excel/429225>\
**Category:** Factual Questions\
**Created:** [December 7, 2007, 9:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/creating-a-chart-with-google-charts-and-excel/429225 "2007-12-07T21:56:28Z")\
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**Author:** ![ice1000](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/i/a3d4f5/32.png) [@ice1000](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ice1000)\
**Post date:** [December 7, 2007, 9:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/creating-a-chart-with-google-charts-and-excel/429225/1 "2007-12-07T21:56:28Z")

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Is it possible to write a hyperlink in Excel that passes data in a URL to the Google chart application AND have the Google chart appear in a small pop up window?

If you pass a simple encoded string, you get a new window. I’d like a way to get it as a smaller chart.

Any ideas?

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**Author:** ![ZipperJJ](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/zipperjj/32/211_2.png) [@ZipperJJ](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ZipperJJ)\
**Post date:** [December 8, 2007, 12:51am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/creating-a-chart-with-google-charts-and-excel/429225/2 "2007-12-08T00:51:01Z")

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Sorry, I misread your question. Removing my answer.