An embedded chart essentially floats above a worksheet, on the worksheet’s drawing layer. The chart shown earlier is an example of an embedded chart.
Just like other drawing objects (such as Shapes or SmartArt), you can move an embedded chart, resize it, change its proportions, adjust its borders, and perform various other operations.
Using embedded charts allows you to print the chart alongside the data it is based on.
To make changes to the actual chart within an embedded chart object, you must click the chart to activate it. When a chart is activated, Excel displays the Chart Tools contextual tab.
The ribbon provides many tools for working with charts, and even more tools are available in the Format task pane.
With one exception, every chart starts as an embedded chart. The exception is when you create a default chart by selecting data and pressing F11. In that case, Excel creates the chart on a separate chart sheet.