Charting
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Last Updated: February 6th 2010
01/08/2012 09:33 PM
Chart Advisor: The Indezine Review
Have you ever wondered if the typical column chart you use all the time is the best way to present your data? Or should you explore the other variations for column charts? Maybe, you should use a stacked area chart to show some data in a better way? There are so many questions -- and answers to most of them would be on the lines of "Great, but first I need to see what these charts look like with my data!" That's a perfectly valid reasoning -- and Chart Advisor, our review product can be just what you need -- unfortunately, it has two big disadvantages that we will explore soon after we introduce you to the product!
12/29/2011 11:43 PM
PowerPoint provides ample choices in chart types for almost every kind of graphical data representation. However, as you probably know all charts are not equal. Charts should be chosen depending upon the topic of your presentation, your audience, and the disposition of the presenter. The fact that you can change from one type of chart to another is a great way to experiment and play. Deciding upon the chart type though is just one of the decisions you need to take – you can then explore the different variants within each chart type. And if that was not enough, you can reposition, remove, or add chart elements such as data labels, legends, titles, etc. in differing layouts. Then color your charts as required – and ascertain whether you must animate them, or let them be static.
11/08/2011 08:46 PM
Charteo: Conversation with Volker Eckert
Volker Eckert has over 19 years of experience in online and conventional marketing areas. He achieved his Masters of Communication and Advertising at the Florida International University of Miami. Thereafter, the experience of building up one of the world's leading online shops for PowerPoint presentations at PresentationLoad assisted Volker in launching Charteo. As CEO of Charteo and Marketing Director at PresentationLoad, Volker has raised the bar for the strategy and implementation of both online portals. In this conversation, Volker talks about the Charteo site and how it can help everyday PowerPoint users create better looking slides with convincing info-graphics.
10/30/2011 10:28 PM
Using Charts: Conversation with Mike Parkinson
Mike Parkinson is an internationally recognized visual communication expert and multi-published author. Mike has spearheaded multi-billion dollar projects and created thousands of graphics resulting in billions of dollars in increased revenue for his clients. He is often requested to speak at national conferences, large and small companies, and graphic industry events. Mike is a frequent contributor of visual communication articles for magazines, newsletters, and a variety of professional websites. Visit Mike's site, Billion Dollar Graphics for helpful presentation graphic tools and articles. In this conversation, Mike discusses best practices on using charts.
10/17/2011 09:27 PM
Learn PowerPoint 2010: Picture Fills for Chart Series
When you insert a new chart in your PowerPoint presentation, you will find that it takes the fills and border types based on the Theme of your presentation. You can change the fills and borders of charts without much effort. But, have you seen charts with picture fills? For example, imagine a chart that shows fruit exports and each column of the chart is filled with pictures of a particular fruit type rather than the conventional solid color fills or geometric patterns? Also, if you wanted to show how the export of grapes has increased over the years, your column chart would have all columns filled with pictures of grapes stacked one over the other?
10/13/2011 10:00 PM
Learn PowerPoint 2010: Changing Fonts and Other Text Options for Charts in PowerPoint 2010
Even though charts are a visual medium, they still contain plenty of text in the form of data labels, titles, legend, axis labels, etc. Whenever you insert a new chart (or any other slide element), the default colors and fonts that are used are based on the active Theme of the presentation. In this tutorial you are going to learn how you can change the font and use other text options for charts in PowerPoint 2010.
10/11/2011 10:24 PM
Learn PowerPoint 2010: Changing Fill and Border of Charts
Although the default fill and border (outline) that PowerPoint 2010 applies to charts may be perfectly adequate, you might want to play with Chart Styles found in the Chart Tools Design tab of the Ribbon -- all these Styles are based on the Office Theme you apply to your active presentation. While this works great most of the time, there will be occasions when you may want to use a color for any of your data series that's not part of the Theme palette in your presentation. In times like these, you can control the fill and border of chart elements using the techniques explained on this page.
10/09/2011 09:36 PM
Learn PowerPoint 2010: Where are PowerPoint's Chart Templates Saved?
All CRTX chart templates you save within PowerPoint 2010 are saved to a default location. You really do not have to worry about the default location where PowerPoint saves and expects to find these CTRX chart templates if you are using these templates on just one computer. However if you need to share these CRTX chart templates with other users -- or if you received a CRTX chart template from someone else -- then you need to make sure that these CRTX files are placed in a distinct folder where PowerPoint expects to find them.
10/06/2011 10:05 PM
Learn PowerPoint 2010: Saving Chart Templates
Once you insert a chart on your slide, you can tweak it as much as you want so that the resulting chart follows your specifications. You have now created a standard that you may want to replicate often. PowerPoint 2010 makes it easy to save any chart you create as a template. Saving a chart as a template saves all the tweaks you made -- and you can use the template as a starting point to create another chart.
10/23/2010 05:54 PM
A PowerPoint Blog: Learn PowerPoint 2010: Changing Chart Types in PowerPoint 2010
PowerPoint 2010 provides all the basic chart types such as column, bar, line, pie, etc. and also some advanced charts like radar, surface, bubble, doughnut, etc. Together, all these chart types cater for almost every kind of graphical data representation. Sometimes you may want to experiment with different chart types to see what works best with your data -- fortunately changing chart types in PowerPoint 2010 is very easy.