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Learn PowerPoint 2010 for Windows: Vary Colors by Point for Charts

When a chart contains only one series and several categories, then by default individual chart segments may use the same fill color (such as individual columns in a column chart) or varying colors (such as segments in a pie chart), depending upon the chart type you are working with. If your chart uses the same colored series in all of the categories, it can make your chart look dull — it also does not provide a proper way for your audience to compare the individual series’ elements.

Learn how you can change the color of category elements (series) in a chart.

Filed Under: PowerPoint 2010
Tagged as: Charting, PowerPoint 2010, Tutorials

Learn PowerPoint 2011 for Mac: Changing Fonts and Other Text Options for Charts

Although charts are a visual medium, they still contain some text in the form of data labels, titles, legend, axis labels, etc. You may need to format the chart text to suit your requirements. While PowerPoint 2011 makes it simpler to access text formatting options than in previous PowerPoint versions, there’s still some learning involved. That sort of learning is exactly what this tutorial aims to provide.

Learn about formatting fonts within charts in PowerPoint 2011 for Mac.

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Tagged as: Charting, Office for Mac, PowerPoint 2011, Tutorials

Learn PowerPoint 2010 for Windows: Custom Backgrounds for Slide Master and Layouts

There are plenty of opportunities to use a less restrained background for your slides — your choice for a slide background should complement the content of your presentation. For example, you’ll want a flashier background for slides created for kindergarten students — or if you were creating a PowerPoint greeting card. On the other hand, you may want a washed out, faded, or even a subtle patterned picture for a typical business presentation. PowerPoint 2010 does provide you with 12 default slide Background Styles which can be applied to both the Slide Master and individual Slide Layouts — other than these default background styles, you can also opt to change the slide background to a solid color, a gradient, a pattern or texture, or even a picture.

Explore different options available to create custom background for Slide Master and Layouts in PowerPoint 2010 for Windows.

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Tagged as: Masters, PowerPoint 2010, Templates, Tutorials

Learn PowerPoint 2011 for Mac: Vary Color by Point in Charts

If your chart includes only one series and several categories, then by default individual chart segments will use the same fill color (such as individual columns in a column chart) or varying colors (such as segments in a pie chart), depending upon the chart type you are working with. For all charts, you can always change the color of the entire series but that works best if you have multiple series in your chart. The same is not true for a chart that has only one series — in that case displaying all individual elements of a chart series in the same color can make your chart look dull — it also does not provide a proper way for your audience to compare the individual series’ elements. PowerPoint 2011 lets you resolve this limitation by using the Vary color by point option.

Learn how you can vary the color of different series’ elements in a chart within PowerPoint 2011 for Mac.

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Tagged as: Charting, Office for Mac, PowerPoint 2011, Tutorials

Indezine News: January 1, 2013

Welcome to 2013’s first issue of your PowerPoint and presenting newsletter. We wish you a great new 2013 — do take a look at our New Year goodies and clip art to get started. David Klein discusses SlideShark’s newly announced support for hyperlinks — and we teach you how you can fool PowerPoint to consider any MP3 as a WAV file so that you can use them for animation and transition sounds. Learn also about Account Management options in PowerPoint 2013. Our regular tutorials’ series walks you through the topics of Slide Masters and Charts.

Read all this and more in Indezine News.

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