January 19, 2013

I was recently putting together a PowerPoint 2010 presentation that had a lot of charts in it. I wanted to reveal the data gradually, so I looked for a way to animate. It’s easy to do, if not entirely intuitive. After creating the chart, switch to the “Animations” tab. Click on the chart to select it, then click the “Add Animation” button. Choose the animation style you like; I chose “fade”. Now, with the chart still selected, click “Effect Options.” Here I can choose how I want the data to appear. When you mouse over each option, your chart will preview what it will lookRead More →