Excel graphs into InDesign

I want to insert my results into InDesign and they are currently displayed as an Excel graph. Direct copy and paste doesn't allow me to resize the graph. Not sure what to do?
Thanks!

Why can't you resize it? I've done this before myself and had no problem...

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