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This lesson will be covering how to create basic charts in PowerPoint.
PowerPoint allows users to incorporate charts into their presentations without importing them from other applications.
However, in Power Point, the Excel application is launched to create the chart.
Before we begin, ensure you have the “Delicious! datafile” open.
To insert a chart, go to “Slide 4” and click on the Insert Chart placeholder seen on the slide.
From the Insert Chart Dialog box, select the Chart Type then click OK.
Once the chart has been created, Excel 2007 is launched where the values to be charted are entered.
By default, Excel inserts sample data into the worksheet.
Replace the default data with different data.
Once done, exit out of the Excel window to return to the PowerPoint.
Back in PowerPoint click on the title box and give a title of “Delicious! Sales”
To change the chart type, go to “Slide 5” and click on the chart to select it.
Click on the Design tab of the Chart Tools contextual tabs.
Then select the Change Chart Type button.
From the Insert Chart dialog box, choose a Chart Type and click OK.
The old chart will be replaced by a new chart.
To add data labels to the chart, click on the Pie Chart,
select the Layout tab of the Chart Tools contextual tabs,
then click on the Data Labels button under the Labels group and select More Data Labels Options.
In the Format Data Labels dialog box, uncheck value and check percentage.
Click on the Close button once done.
Percentages can now be seen on the chart.