“Insert Chart”

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.

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

It is faster if you double-click on the “Chart” of your choice.

This automatically opens “Excel”.

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

 

The sample data that was used in the spreadsheet, can of course be modified to our needs.

To do this, place the cursor in the cell and type the information.

The number of columns and rows that are included in our “Chart” is placed in a blue box in the spreadsheet.
We can place the mouse pointer over the bottom right corner of the blue edge location and when it changes into a diagonal double 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” you click one of the examples in the “Chart Styles”.

 

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

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