Presentations Glossary

PowerPoint Chart Types: Line Charts in PowerPoint

Line charts can display continuous data over time, set against a common scale, and are therefore ideal for showing trends in data at equal intervals. In a line chart, category data is distributed evenly along the horizontal axis, and all value data is distributed evenly along the vertical axis.

To learn more, click a link from the tutorials listed below.

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Line Chart Type in PowerPoint

Tutorial Code: 10 14 04
Previous: 10 14 03 Bar Charts in PowerPoint
Next: 10 14 05 Pie Charts in PowerPoint

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Tagged as: 10-14, Charts and Graphs, PowerPoint Chart Types, PowerPoint Tutorials

Spelling, AutoCorrect, and Reference Tools: Changing Proofing Language for an Entire Presentation

While it is easy to change proofing language for selected text containers, that happens to be a piece meal approach and can be a wonderful timewaster if you need the language changed across all content in a hundred or more slides! There are two ways to set the proofing language for your entire presentation, and you can use one or both approaches. Make sure you have the proofing tools installed for all or any of the languages that you need to work within PowerPoint.

To learn more, choose your version of PowerPoint. If we do not have a tutorial for your version of PowerPoint, explore the version closest to the one you use.

Microsoft Windows

Changing Proofing Language for an Entire Presentation in PowerPoint 365

Changing Proofing Language for an Entire Presentation in PowerPoint 2013

Changing Proofing Language for an Entire Presentation in PowerPoint 2010

Apple Mac

Changing Proofing Language for an Entire Presentation in PowerPoint 2011

Tutorial Code: 05 08 20
Previous: 05 08 19 Setting Proofing Language for Text in PowerPoint
Next: 05 08 21 Research Tools in PowerPoint

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Tagged as: 05-08, PowerPoint Tutorials, Spelling AutoCorrect and Reference Tools, Text and Fonts

Morph in PowerPoint: Using the Morph Transition with Curve Shapes in PowerPoint

We already looked at getting started with the Morph transition in PowerPoint. In this next tutorial of the Morph transition series, we will look at using the Curve line tool to create some drawings. These drawings can be duplicated on subsequent slides and edited slightly in each slide. The results can differ depending upon what you draw. While it will be great if you have artistic skills to draw within PowerPoint, it doesn’t matter if you cannot draw. We will also provide a sample presentation and video walkthrough to help.

To learn more, click a link from the tutorials listed below.

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Using the Morph Transition with Curve Shapes in PowerPoint

Tutorial Code: 13 10 02
Previous: 13 10 01 Getting Started with Morph in PowerPoint
Next: 13 10 03 Using Exclamation Named Objects with Morph in PowerPoint

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PowerPoint Chart Types: Bar Charts in PowerPoint

A Bar chart maps data using bars within a chart’s Plot area. A bar is essentially a rectangle that’s typically thin width-wise and long length-wise. In simple terms, a Bar chart is a Column chart with columns rotated 90 degrees!

To learn more, click a link from the tutorials listed below.

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Bar Charts in PowerPoint

Tutorial Code: 10 14 03
Previous: 10 14 02 Column Charts in PowerPoint
Next: 10 14 04 Line Charts in PowerPoint

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Tagged as: 10-14, Charts and Graphs, PowerPoint Chart Types, PowerPoint Tutorials

Maurizio La Cava

    Maurizio La Cava is a digital entrepreneur, marketer, blogger, public speaker, presentation design guru, and Founder at MLC-Design.

He is also the author of Lean Presentation Design, a top-rated freelancer, and a Professor at the European Institute of Design in Milan. His favorite quote is “Time is free but it’s priceless”.

Here’s a list of links on Indezine sites, where he has been featured:

Lean Presentation Design: Conversation with Maurizio La Cava
November 23, 2016

MLC add-in for PowerPoint: Conversation with Maurizio La Cava
March 9, 2016

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