How to Create a Chart in PowerPoint

Series Summary

Computer software, or simply software, is a general term used to describe a collection of computer programs, procedures and documents that perform tasks on a computer system. The term includes application software, such as word processors which perform productive tasks for users, system software, such as operating systems which interface with hardware to provide the necessary services for application software, and middleware, which controls and coordinates distributed systems. Computer software is usually regarded as anything that's not hardware. In this free video series, a software developer provides software solutions and tips for using a number of Microsoft programs. Discover how to create a chart in PowerPoint, how to customize the look of an Outlook calendar and how to move user files in Windows Vista. Learn about indenting cells in Excel, making spreadsheets and double-spacing a paper on Microsoft Office Word 2007. With these software tips, any computer user should have a better grasp of their Microsoft programs.

Video Transcript

"Hi, my name is Dave Andrews, today I'm going to show you how to create a chart in PowerPoint. Let's open up PowerPoint by clicking on the start button, going to all programs, find Microsoft Office. "I opened Excel, my mouse is acting up". Click on the start, go to all programs, Microsoft Office, let's open PowerPoint. Now here's our default slide, I'm just going to say in here, "My Presentation". Now we want to create a slide that has a chart. To do so, let's right click in this area to the left, let's say new slide. In the new slide that appears, we have several options in the middle. Insert a table, chart and etc. We want to insert a chart by clicking here. It's going to ask you what type of chart you want to insert. I'm just going to do regular bar chart. Now that actually open up Excel with a default chart. If I change the data here, let's put in some data, then click on the start button and say x Excel. You can see that our chart from Excel has been loaded into the PowerPoint slot. Click on slide show and just say from the beginning. There's our chart. My name is Dave Andrews and I've just showed you how to add a chart to a PowerPoint slide."