1. Charts
MOAC Lesson 6

2. Chart
Visual representations of numerical data (John Wiley & Sons, Inc., 2012)

3. Inserting Charts Using the Chart icon in the placeholder
Simplest way to insert a chart
Insert Ribbon > Illustrations Group > Chart

4. Inserting Charts Once you insert a chart, Microsoft Excel is launched
If Excel is not on your computer, PowerPoint uses Microsoft Graph
Once data is entered into Excel, you do not have to save the Excel file, it automatically saves in click on the Edit Data icon on the Chart Tools Design Ribbon

5. Chart Tools Ribbons
Chart Tools Design – allows the user to edit data, change the chart type, change the chart layout, and apply a Quick Style
Chart Tools Format – allows you to format the chart colors, outline, etc.

6. Parts of a Chart
Data Series: consists of all the data points for a particular category (John Wiley & Sons, Inc., 2012)
Example: On a bar chart, the bars that share a common color (John Wiley & Sons, Inc., 2012)

7. Parts of a Chart
Data Marker: One individual column or point in a series (John Wiley & Sons, Inc., 2012)
Example: The second blue bar in the chart
Legend: provides a key to the information plotted on the chart (John Wiley & Sons, Inc., 2012)

8. Data Series vs. Data Marker
Legend
Data Marker

9. Parts of a Chart
Chart Area: The entire area inside the chart container that holds background as well as plotted data (John Wiley & Sons, Inc., 2012)
Includes the plot area and the legend

10. Parts of a Chart
Plot Area: The area in the chart container that shows the data series compared to the chart’s gridlines (John Wiley & Sons, Inc., 2012)
Usually contains gridlines and elements such as columns (John Wiley & Sons, Inc., 2012)

11. Chart Area vs. Plot Area Plot Area – Textured Background
Chart Area – Blue Background

12. Chart Labels
Allow the audience to see determine what the chart represents
Chart Title – The title that is usually centered over the entire chart
Axis Labels – text that identifies information about the values on an axis (John Wiley & Sons, Inc., 2012)
Data Labels – Provide information about each data marker

13. Chart Labels
Numbers along the vertical and horizontal axis can be adjusted by adjusting the axis scale

14. Chart Titles
Data Labels

15. Chart Types
To change the type of chart inserted on a slide, go to Chart Tools Design > Type Group > Change Chart Type
Pie Chart: show the relationship of parts to a whole (John Wiley & Sons, Inc., 2012)
Draws its data from a single column or row of data (John Wiley & Sons, Inc., 2012)

16. Chart Types
Column Chart: good for comparing values side-by-side from multiple data series (John Wiley & Sons, Inc., 2012)
Default chart type
Data is charted along the vertical axis (John Wiley & Sons, Inc., 2012)

17. Chart Types
Line Chart: shows the amount of change over time and total value across a trend

18. Formatting Charts
To move a chart, click on the border and drag it to its new position
To resize a chart, click on the outside border and drag OR press and hold the Shift key, then click the outside border and drag so that the height and width maintain their ratio (aspect)
Individual elements (data markers, data labels, axis labels) can be hyperlinked to other files/websites
Click on element and go to Insert > Hyperlink

19. Formatting Charts
Quick Style – enables a user to quickly format a chart with different colors, effects, and background (John Wiley & Sons, Inc., 2012)

20. Source
John Wiley & Sons, Inc. (2012). Microsoft Official Academic Course Microsoft PowerPoint 2010, Exam