Hello.
In this video I’m going to walk you through
some steps of inserting a chart on PowerPoint
2015 for Mac.
If you have another version things may look
a little different.
A chart is the best way to represent data
while presenting research.
And here is where we’re going to put the
chart.
After you have a page set up like this.
I’m going to the insert tab.
We’re zooming in on it now.
And I'm going to click on the chart option.
As you can see, there’s plenty of different
charts to choose from once you click this.
Each chart has their own advantage.
For more information on what chart type is
the best for your data check out http://www.gcflearnfree.org/powerpoint2010/22.2.
But for this segment let’s take a look at
the column chart options.
I’m clicking on it now.
There are many styles to choose from.
You will notice each chart option has a subsection
that offers different formats of that chart,
I’m going to click on 3-D column.
After choosing the 3-D column, you will notice
an Excel window will open.
This is where you put the data in for your
chart.
You may add and delete columns as necessary
and make any name changes as needed.
For this tutorial I’m going to change the
categories.
I’m changing the categories to English,
Math, Science and History.
As you see I’m also changing the series
to years 2016, 2015, and 2014.
Now that the data is put into Excel I’m
going to close Excel and it will bring me
back to PowerPoint and the chart.
You can see our new categories and your new
series.
The chart takes up most of the page.
To make it smaller I’m going to click on
the cursor over to corner, and when you see
the double arrow like this, I'm zooming in
on it now move the chart in to make it smaller.
If you need to make it a little bit bigger
we're going to move it out.
If you’re feeling comfortable with inserting
a chart you can close this tutorial, but if
you’re interested in learning more options
stay with me.
Continuing inserting a chart on PowerPoint.
A series identifies the columns, a category
identifies the individual data point in a
single series.
To delete a series of data I’m going to
click on the row of the series I want to delete.
I’m going to click once for entire series
and double click if I want a single bar.
For this tutorial, I’m going to click once
for the entire series.
As you can see blue circles will appear on
each corner of the series.
By right clicking an options tab will open
select delete.
As you can see the series is gone.
If you want to delete a category, click on
the category bar.
An By right clicking options tab will open,
select edit data in Excel.
Excel will open back up, highlight the category
you wish to delete.
For this tutorial, I’m choosing History.
After selecting History.
By right clicking an options tab will open,
I’m going to click delete the table rows.
After deleting the category your data will
now have three categories instead of four.
You may close out of Excel, it will then take
you back to PowerPoint.
If you’re interested in changing the color
of your chart, you will click on the bar that
you wish to change like this.
And the bars in that row will be highlighted
with small blue circles.
On the right side of PowerPoint “Format
Data Series."
I'm now going to click on the paint icon,
then I'm going to choose "Solid fill."
You're going to go down to the second paint
icon and choose your desired color.
As you can see I’m choosing red.
The color of your selected bar is now changed.
Repeat steps if you would like the change
the color of another set of data.
We have now completed inserting a chart on
PowerPoint.
