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PowerPoint charts, just like illustrations
in a book, are designed to help you illustrate

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your point.

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Things like color, layout, and even the chart
type can all be changed to better fit the

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information you're trying to convey.

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Take this account of our book store's sales
figures.

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Right now, the columns are grouped by genre,
but I'm more interested in taking a look at

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trends over time - which means grouping the
data by year.

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There's an easy way to change that.

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Just make sure your chart is selected.

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Then, from the Design tab, click the Edit
Data command; this opens an Excel worksheet.

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Now click back to PowerPoint and choose Switch
Row/Column.

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See how that rearranged the data?

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Basically the years and the genres have switched
places.

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You can always experiment with this to see
which option is going to work best.

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If you want to try a different chart all together,
you can click Change Chart Type, and pick

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something else from the dialog box.

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I think I'll go with a line chart this time.

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Line charts work well for data like this.

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For example, we can see right away that Classics
had an unusually good year in 2007, and also

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that Mysteries are starting to catch up to
Romance novels.

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The lines would be easier to see, though,
if they were thicker.

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Let's see if we can change that by selecting
a different Chart Style.

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Just click the arrow here to open the full
menu.

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That's much better.

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The last thing I'd like to change is the Chart
Layout itself.

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We have lots of layouts to choose from - not
all of them will work for the data you're

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trying to present.

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Just keep going until you find the one you
like.

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How does that look?

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As you can see, customizing your chart is
easy - and with everything available on the

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Design tab, you can achieve exactly the look
and feel you want.