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Changing the order of items in a chart

January 31, 2017 by Ellen Finkelstein 3 Comments

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Have you ever seen this when you created a chart in PowerPoint? Look at the order of the items in the datasheet and in the bar chart itself. They’re the opposite of each other! If you care about the order of the data in your chart, this can be very frustrating! Fortunately, there are 2 […]

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Filed Under: Charts, tables & diagrams Tagged With: change order, charts, graphs, order

How to Create a Chart-Graph in PowerPoint from Excel Data-Part III

August 21, 2012 by Ellen Finkelstein 5 Comments

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 […]

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Filed Under: Charts, tables & diagrams Tagged With: charts, colors, Excel, graphs, picture

Create a PowerPoint chart/graph with 2 Y-axes and 2 chart types

April 23, 2012 by Ellen Finkelstein 21 Comments

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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 […]

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Filed Under: Charts, tables & diagrams Tagged With: charts, graphs, scale, Y axes

Support your statements

March 22, 2009 by Ellen Finkelstein Leave a Comment

After deciding on the points you want to make in your upcoming presentation, you need to figure out how to support those points. For example, if your point is that your company has the largest market share in the industry, quote the research (hopefully done by a third party) that says so. This applies to […]

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Filed Under: Charts, tables & diagrams, Content, Images Tagged With: charts, diagrams, graphs, images, quotations, tables, Tell 'n' Show

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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Filed Under: Charts, tables & diagrams Tagged With: charts, graphs, PowerPoint, presentations

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