This video (part III of a series) shows you how to bring a chart from Excel to PowerPoint while accomplishing 3 goals: Maintaining the look of the presentation Keeping the presentation file small Maintaining the security of your data View Part I: Creating the chart in PowerPoint View Part II: Using a chart that you’ve […]
Create a PowerPoint chart/graph with 2 Y-axes and 2 chart types
How do you create a chart in PowerPoint that looks like this? It has: 2 different Y-axes each with a different scale 2 different chart types–column and line I learned this feature of PowerPoint charts recently from my friend and fellow PowerPoint MVP, Echo Swinford. She is one of the top experts in the world […]
Easily create flexible diagrams that look professional
In PowerPoint 2007 and later, you can easily convert bulleted text to diagrams that look great — with just a few clicks. For example, you can change this to this. Why is the diagram better? It shows a relationship among the 3 components, something the bullets don’t do It’s more visually striking, so it attracts […]
Insert a live Excel spreadsheet onto a slide
You can insert a live Excel spreadsheet onto a slide so that you can use Excel while in Slide Show view. There are other ways to get Excel data onto a slide, so why would you want an active Excel spreadsheet? Let’s say that you’re presenting some results of your financial analysis and your boss […]
Create quick, professional diagrams with SmartArt in PowerPoint
SmartArt was a new feature of PowerPoint 2007 and is a way to quickly create professional-looking diagrams from bulleted text. In the Tell ‘n’ ShowSM method, you put a meaning title that tells the point on the slide. Then you add an image, graph/chart, or diagram that shows the point. Just like the boy’s picture […]