PowerPoint Tutorial: Add a Chart
Some people prefer creating a chart from an excel spreadsheet and copy the chart over to a PowerPoint slide. Indeed, designing a chart directly within PowerPoint is not a bad idea. This approach gives you the ability to create a chart that has all the matching colors if you are using a default pre-designed template from the Microsoft library.
We will show you how to add a chart in your PowerPoint presentation below:
Step1: Under “Insert”, click on the “Chart” tab.
Step 2: You will see a bar chart and some sample data. Edit your data in the datasheet. You can copy and paste your data into the datasheet as well.
Step 3: Right click the chart and choose “Chart Type” to use a different chart type.
Step 4: In the pop-up box, you can choose your desired chart type ranging from Column, Bar, Line, Scatter, Area, Doughnut, Radar, Surface, Bubble, Stock, Cylinder, Cone, to Pyramid. More unusually used chart types are available in the “Custom Type” section of the pop-up box.
Step 5: After you have chosen the right chart type, click the “OK” button. In this case, I will do the demonstration using a Pie chart.
Step 6: Right click your chart and click on “Chart Options”.
Step 7: You can add/edit titles, legend as well as data labels to make your chart easier to understand.
Step 8: Right click on the chart and click on “Format Chart Area”
Step 9: You can customize the fonts within your chart here.
More Readings from the Category: PowerPoint Tutorials - Beginner
- Add a slide
- Use a Built-In Template
- Use a Color Background Template
- Insert a Table: Quick Method
- Insert a Table: Organized Method
- Insert a Picture from Clip Art
- Insert a Picture from Your Computer
- Sort Your Slides
- Convert Your Slide Package into a PDF Document
- Font Editing
- Putting Notes and Remarks
- Insert Slide Number
- Insert Date and Time
