Creating Effective Charts
SKU: 02-060-01-CPE
Credit Hours: 5
Level: Overview
CPE Category: Computer Software and Applications-Non Technical
Requires Prerequisites or Advanced Preparation: No
Delivery Method: PDF
Instructor: Patricia McCarthy, MBA
Course Description:
This course covers the basics of creating, editing and formatting a chart and more. It shows you how to create a default chart using your corporate colors or logo as well how to create custom charts that can be saved and used as needed.
At the end of this course, students will be able to:
- Differentiate between the different chart types and recognize their components so that they can select the appropriate chart type to use for a particular presentation.
- Recognize the different steps involved in creating charts.
- Recognize how to edit existing charts by resizing, changing chart type, moving chart elements and adding/ deleting data series by using contextual tabs menus and short cut keys.
- Recognize how to apply formatting techniques, such as colors and inserting objects such as graphics, to a chart.
- Recognize the default chart type.
- Recognize the steps required to create custom chart types and how to save them as templates to improve efficiency.
- Differentiate between the different methodologies of linking Excel data and using static Excel data into PowerPoint presentations.
- Recognize how fonts, colors, graphics, documentation and printing can impact the professionalism of a PowerPoint presentation.