Presentations Glossary

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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PowerPoint Multimedia Basics: PowerPoint Friendly Video Formats

Different PowerPoint versions support a plethora of video file formats. Not surprisingly, the new PowerPoint versions support a larger number of file formats for video.

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

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PowerPoint Friendly Video Formats

Tutorial Code: 14 01 01
Previous: 13 10 06 Using Morph to Highlight Parts of an Image in PowerPoint
Next: 14 01 02 PowerPoint Friendly Audio Formats

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Tagged as: 14-01, Multimedia, PowerPoint Multimedia Basics, PowerPoint Tutorials

PowerPoint Chart Types: Column Charts in PowerPoint

A column chart is probably the most simple chart type that you can create in PowerPoint. What makes a column chart the most preferred chart type is that it follows human thinking. We are all used to identifying a taller column as representing more success, more sales, more profits, more reach, etc.

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.

All Versions

Column Charts in PowerPoint

Tutorial Code: 10 14 02
Previous: 10 14 01 Chart Types in PowerPoint
Next: 10 14 03 Bar Charts in PowerPoint

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

Advanced SmartArt: Change Shapes within a SmartArt Graphic in PowerPoint

The default look of SmartArt graphics works great, and you may not want to change a thing! Yet, it’s good to know that you can change your SmartArt graphics to other layouts, change the color of SmartArt graphics, or apply a SmartArt Style to make your SmartArt graphic appear distinct and unique. You can also change the actual shapes within a SmartArt graphic. For instance, you can change some circles in your SmartArt graphic to squares with a mere click or two!

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

Change Shapes within a SmartArt Graphic in PowerPoint 2013

Change Shapes within a SmartArt Graphic in PowerPoint 2010

Apple Mac

Change Shapes within a SmartArt Graphic in PowerPoint 2011

Tutorial Code: 11 03 02
Previous: 11 03 01 Text Pane for SmartArt Graphics in PowerPoint
Next: 11 03 03 Resize Shapes within SmartArt Graphics in PowerPoint

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Tagged as: 11-03, Advanced, PowerPoint Tutorials, SmartArt Graphics