Insert Charts

Just as you can insert charts in Ms-Word, you can also insert charts in PowerPoint if need be, depending on your presentation.

• INSERTING CHARTS
• Step 1 - Go to the slide where you want to insert the chart.
• Step 2 - Click on the Insert tab, go the Illustrations group and click on the Chart option. (This will bring out the Insert Chart dialog box)


• Step 3 - From the dialog box, in the first column click on the category of charts you want to see.
  On the second column, from the first row click on the chart you want to use, the second row shows you the preview of the chart you want to insert.
  Click the Okay button to insert the chart.


• Step 4 - Your chart will be successfully inserted.




NOTE:

Charts comes with a default excel work sheet where you can edit the figures to suit your own document chart work.

• FORMATTING CHARTS
• Step 1 - Click on the chart you want to format.
• Step 2 - In the menu tab, click on the Chart Design tab, which will bring out different groups of related commands for you to use and format the chart.


• Step 2 (Alternate tab) - In the menu tab, click on the Format tab, which will bring out different groups of related commands for you to use and format the chart.


• Step 2 (Alternate formatting) - Right click on the chart you want to format, click on the Format Chart Area (This will open the Format Chart Area pane from the right side of your powerpoint windows) then select the options you want to use and start formatting.




NOTE:

You can format each different parts of your chart by clicking on them. For example, you can format the plot area, data series, chart title etc by right clicking on them and selecting the option to edit it.