MOS 2010 Study Guide for Microsoft® Word, Excel®, PowerPoint®, and Outlook®

Chapter 4. Creating Charts and Tables

The skills tested in this section of the Microsoft Office Specialist exam for Microsoft PowerPoint 2010 relate to the creation of charts and tables. Specifically, the following objectives are associated with this set of skills:

4.1 4.1 Construct and Modify Tables

4.2 4.2 Insert and Modify Charts

4.3 4.3 Apply Chart Elements

4.4 4.4 Manipulate Chart Layouts

4.5 4.5 Manipulate Chart Elements

It is hard to convey numeric data effectively in a presentation. If you have a small set of data and examining the numbers is important, you can use a formatted table to show clear correlations. If you have a large set of data, or if relationships or trends are more important than actual numbers, you can use a chart to visually ...