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You do not always need to use PowerPoint to present charts within PowerPoint. You get a much better flexibility when you use Excel to create your charts and paste them in PowerPoint. You can easily handle a large amount of data in multiple worksheets to create your chart in Excel. Whereas, the chart features in PowerPoint are still quite basic. In this article, we will take a look at some of the key things to remember while creating a presentation using Excel Charts in PowerPoint.
Here is an example of the same chart, with clear assertions.
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When you click on the option you will have the following dialog box open up:
The pane on the left shows you thumbnail preview of the various chart options. When you click on any of the options, you can read a brief information about the chart type and when to use the type. This helps you select the right chart for your presentation.
When you create your chart directly in PowerPoint, you may not be able to preview different chart options so quickly.
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This way your PowerPoint file gets updated when the linked data in Excel gets changed. To update the chart with linked data in PowerPoint, right click on the chart and click on ‘Edit data’.
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Remember you can apply all the options in Picture formatting to the Chart image you just pasted.
Those are some of the things to remember when you use Charts from Excel in PowerPoint.
Please take a look at the gallery page to see the range of pre-formatted creative PowerPoint charts from the pack.
Why waste your valuable time constructing charts from the scratch, when you have such an elegant solution available off the shelf?
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Tip #1 : Provide a clear conclusion
Audience watching a PowerPoint presentation and someone going through an Excel file on their own are in two different mindsets. When you present your information using PowerPoint the inference from the chart has to be clear and explicit. The audience doesn’t have the patience to go through the details to make their own conclusions. Here is an example of a chart with an unclear conclusion.Tip #2 : Cut down the fat
Use the power of Excel to cut down the fat.- Remove unnecessary data points.
- Break the information into small, digestible chunks before making your chart.