“Insert Chart” option

An object “Placeholder box” allows us to choose between different objects that can be added to the “Placeholder box”.
One of these is the “Insert Chart” option.
Click this icon when you want to insert a “Chart”.
This opens the “Insert Chart” dialog box.

In this dialog box, we make a choice between different types of “Charts”.
Select a category on the left of the dialog and select a type on the right side of the dialog box by clicking it.

You can do it faster when you double-click on the “Chart” of your choice.
This automatically opens “Excel”.

In our spreadsheet, we have the sample data in the “Chart” which can be used in our “PowerPoint” presentation.

The sample data that was used in the spreadsheet can, of course, be adapted to our needs.
This is done by placing the cursor in the cell, and entering information.
The number of columns and rows that are included in our “Chart” are displayed in a blue box in the spreadsheet.
We can place the mouse pointer over the bottom right corner of the blue border and when it changes into a double-headed arrow, click and drag it to the desired location.

As soon as you change anything in the spreadsheet, it is applied to the chart in the “PowerPoint” presentation.
When you have entered all your data in the spreadsheet, you can close it.
Click on the X in the upper right corner of the application window.
The “Chart Tools” contextual tab appears with three tabs:
“Design”, “Layout” and “Format”.
To change the “Chart Style” click one of the examples in the “Chart Styles” section.

A second way to add a “Chart” is by clicking on the “Chart” button in the “Insert” tab on the “Ribbon”.
This takes you through the same steps as inserting a “Chart”.

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