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Formatting Bar Charts

Charts are a great way to visually present complex data. However, the default chart is never, I repeat, never acceptable. You need to format the chart. Here are some simple steps you can take to format a bar chart:

Double-click the chart so you can edit it. Click one series of bars once to [...]

Designing chart titles

PowerPoint lets you create a title for a graph/chart, but for simplicity and to leave more room for the chart, omit it and use the slide title instead to describe the chart.

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Create effective graphs/charts

Graphs (called charts in PowerPoint) are an important part of many presentations, especially ones with financial data. In this tip, I include the basics for creating a readable, effective graph.

For a special technique, read another tip, ” Push PowerPoint charting options to the limit.”

First, some basic steps:

Make sure that your data [...]

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