Lesson 10 - SmartArt and Chart in PowerPoint

Charts –

Presentation allows to use charts in your slides and with the help of chart you can shows the data in more relevant way. Charts are used to show graphs in a reports. There are many types of charts in a PowerPoint to express you data more effectively. In the below section you can see a types of charts in PowerPoint.

Inserting a Charts –

Perform the following steps to insert a charts in slides –

1. 1. Select the slide in which you need to insert the charts.
2. 2. Select a Chart command inside an Illustration section under Insert tab.
3. 3. A new dialog box will open with a many charts category, select any one relevant to data and select it.
4. 4. A selected chart will get appear in slides.
5. 5. A spread sheet also appear, with some dummy text.
6. 6. Replace these text with your information which is going to see in a graph.
7. 7. Once you enter the data relevant to chart, click on close to close the dialog box.
8. 8. The chart with relevant data will appear.

You can edit your data anytime, just by clicking on chart and to select the Edit data command under Data section inside a Design tab.
To change or customize a chart style you can simply choose any style of your choice from Chart Style section under Design tab.

You can change or customize the chart color, chart layout, chart type etc. just by clicking on command under Design tab to give a better appearance to your presentation.

Also, if you want to share your knowledge and experience with others then send us your presentation with hashtag #ShareYourKnowledge. If your presentation is really good, we share it on our website with your name and details.

Because we not only want to learn new skills, we want to share our skills also. #ShareYourKnowledge

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