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Formatting Bar Charts

November 1, 2000 by Ellen Finkelstein Leave a Comment

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 select […]

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Designing chart titles

October 18, 2000 by Ellen Finkelstein Leave a Comment

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

October 11, 2000 by Ellen Finkelstein 4 Comments

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 is […]

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Use triggers to create interactive charts

April 19, 2000 by Ellen Finkelstein Leave a Comment

Triggers are a way to cause an animation by clicking an object. Clicking the object triggers the animation. For example, you can click a bar in a chart to trigger the display of a more detailed explanation, as shown here. When I clicked the 2nd Qtr bar, the text box opened. If I click another […]

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Filed Under: Animation & transitions Tagged With: animation, charts, PowerPoint, trigger

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