A legend helps people understand what you're referring to in a graphic. You can create color-coded legends in PowerPoint automatically for graphs and charts.

While PowerPoint allows you to create interactive charts in slides, Microsoft Excel allows you to create and manipulate chart data in many more ways.

True PowerPoint Warriors know that you can--with Herculean levels of effort--animate charts and graphs. What if I could offer you a PowerPoint plug-in that made animated charts as easy as pie?

lends itself to charts that are less formal and less businesslike in nature. In fact, what you need in these cases is something more like an illustration than a chart. New chart features in PowerPoint ...

Numbers don't lie, but a bad chart decision makes it extremely difficult to understand what those numbers mean. Before you put together another PowerPoint presentation, make sure your pick the ...

You can easily draw in PowerPoint to mark and edit slideshows, or create your own designs, especially if you're using a touchscreen.

A spinning hollow circle is a great way to suggest the passing of time in a PowerPoint show. Susan Harkins shows you how to make this simple animation.