PowerPoint Data Visualization: High-Impact Charts and Graphs
1h 47mIntermediate2022-09-27
Authors

Echo Swinford
PowerPoint MVP | Presentation Expert at Echosvoice
Course details
Data visualization is a hot topic, and we all know charts should be as clear and effective as possible. But do you know what makes one chart more effective than another? In this course, PowerPoint MVP Echo Swinford shows how to build high-impact charts in Microsoft Office. Using PowerPoint and Excel, she demonstrates specific techniques to make your charts easier to read and understand quickly. Echo covers how to leverage what an audience subconsciously notices about a chart, how to identify and remove chart junk, and best practices to emphasize specific data. She also explains how to appropriately label and sort data and use custom number formats to streamline your design. Take your PowerPoint game to the next level with this intermediate-level course.
Skills covered
PowerPointPresentationsData VisualizationOffice 365Microsoft 365Data ScienceBusiness Analysis and StrategyBusiness Software and ToolsMicrosoftOne-Off
Concepts
0. Introduction
- 01 - Become a chart designer
- 02 - What to know before starting this course
1. Let's Talk Brain Science
- 03 - How we organize information
- 04 - Preattentive attributes
- 05 - Why 3D charts don't work
2. Creating Emphasis
- 06 - Contrast creates emphasis
- 07 - When everything is bold, nothing is bold
- 08 - Color is best in moderation
- 09 - Using PowerPoint colors in Excel
3. Getting Rid of Chart Junk
- 10 - What is chart junk
- 11 - Removing chart junk
- 12 - Streamlining numbers with custom formats
4. Labeling Your Charts
- 13 - Legends vs. direct labeling
- 14 - Sorting for clarity
- 15 - Labeling with so what titles
5. What Kind of Chart
- 16 - Lines vs. columns
- 17 - Bullet charts
- 18 - Rules for pie charts
- 19 - Pie chart alternatives - Columns and stacked bars
- 20 - Pie chart alternatives - Tree maps
- 21 - Pie chart alternatives - Slope charts
- 22 - Pie chart alternatives - Waffle charts and icon arrays
- 23 - Large metrics
Conclusion
- 24 - Keep designing
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