PowerPoint 2019 For Dummies

Chapter 13

Charting for Fun and Profit

IN THIS CHAPTER

Adding a chart to your presentation

Getting data from other programs

Editing the data in your chart

Embellishing your chart with titles, legends, and other stuff

One of the best ways to prove a point is with numbers, and one of the best ways to present numbers is in a chart. With PowerPoint, adding a chart to your presentation is easy. And getting the chart to look the way you want is usually easy, too. It takes a little bit of pointing and clicking, but it works. This chapter shows you how.

Understanding Charts

If you’ve never attempted to add a chart to a slide, the process can be a little confusing. A chart is simply a series of numbers rendered as a graph. You can supply the numbers yourself, or you can copy them from a separate file, such as an Excel spreadsheet. You can create all kinds of different charts, ranging from simple bar charts and pie charts to exotic doughnut charts and radar charts. Very cool, but a little confusing to the uninitiated.

The following list details some of the jargon that you have to contend ...