Lesson 2: Working with Charts
Before You Begin: Start Microsoft PowerPoint 2010.
Try This: Do the following steps
1. Open a new, blank presentation.
2. Add the title: Year End Report
3. Apply the theme Pushpin, or a theme of your choice.
4. Insert a Chart. Select Clustered Column.
5. Add the following data to the spreadsheet:
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Last Year |
This Year |
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Shirts |
100 |
325 |
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Hats |
75 |
125 |
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Balloons |
120 |
400 |
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Coffee Mugs |
55 |
170 |
6. Format the labels Bold and 14 point
7. Delete any extra columns and make the handles fit the data
8. Change the Chart Title: Highest Increases
9. Format the Background of the Chart with a Gradient fill of your
choice.
10. Format the Gridlines to show Major and Minor Gridlines
11. Select each of the columns and format them with different colors
and shape effects of your choice.
12. Change the chart type to Clustered Bar.
13. Insert a picture of money. Arrange the picture so it is overlapped
behind the chart a little.
14. Insert a new blank slide.
15. Insert a new chart. Pick a pie chart.
16. Add the following data to the spreadsheet:
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Shirts |
325 |
|
Hats |
125 |
|
Balloons |
400 |
|
Coffee Mugs |
170 |
17. Format the Data Labels to be Outside End. Apply Chart
Layout 6.
18. Apply Chart Quick Style 12.
19. Change the Theme Colors to Flow.
20. Apply a shape border to the largest piece of pie.
21. Resize the Pie Chart to 2” by 2”.
22. Add a chart title: Asleep at Mouse Gear
23. Add a picture of a mouse. Apply a picture style of your choice.
24. Save the file as Advanced PowerPoint Practice 2.
