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PowerPoint Data Visualization: High-Impact Charts and Graphs

Offered By: LinkedIn Learning

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Data Visualization Courses Microsoft Excel Courses Visual Design Courses Color Theory Courses Data Labeling Courses

Course Description

Overview

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Learn from a Microsoft MVP how to create high-impact charts and data visualizations in PowerPoint.

Syllabus

Introduction
  • Become a chart designer
  • What to know before starting this course
1. Let's Talk Brain Science
  • How we organize information
  • Preattentive attributes
  • Why 3D charts don't work
2. Creating Emphasis
  • Contrast creates emphasis
  • When everything is bold, nothing is bold
  • Color is best in moderation
  • Using PowerPoint colors in Excel
3. Getting Rid of Chart Junk
  • What is chart junk?
  • Removing chart junk
  • Streamlining numbers with custom formats
4. Labeling Your Charts
  • Legends vs. direct labeling
  • Sorting for clarity
  • Labeling with "so what" titles
5. What Kind of Chart?
  • Lines vs. columns
  • Bullet charts
  • Rules for pie charts
  • Pie chart alternatives: Columns and stacked bars
  • Pie chart alternatives: Tree maps
  • Pie chart alternatives: Slope charts
  • Pie chart alternatives: Waffle charts and icon arrays
  • Large metrics
Conclusion
  • Keep designing

Taught by

Echo Swinford

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