PowerPoint & Charts, GCF Topic 23

PowerPoint--Adding Charts, Topic 23

Objective:  Use PowerPoint to add audio to slides using the GCF Learn Free Website  

In this assignment, you will need to access the GCF website to practice adding charts to a slideshow. Charts serve as visual representations of data. You've already practiced this in Excel, so this will reinforce some of what you already know! Let's get started.

1. Read all steps listed below and then read and view all information in the topic online.
2. Use this link to access the online activity: Topic 23, Charts (Links to an external site.).
3. You may watch the video in the tutorial to learn more about inserting charts in PowerPoint, or read through the tutorial, or both!

Complete Challenge (Book Sales)

1. At the end of reading and learning about inserting charts into a presentation, complete the Challenge. Keep reading below for additional helpful tips while completing the challenge.
2. Follow the online instructions for Step 1. Save the Practice Workbook file. Then, close the Excel (Practice Workbook file).
3. Now, use File, Save As to save the practice presentation as Charts_23 with your initials at the end of the filename.

Important Steps

1. Continue following the online directions for Steps 2 and 3, BUT ONLY COPY the book type and first three months of the year data.  (I don't want all months charted).
2. Also, change the Young Adult category to Biography.
3. After you've completed Step 3 (pasting part of the spreadsheet data), you will want to close the practice spreadsheet file and the spreadsheet window in PowerPoint. Then, continue with Steps 4 through 10.
4. STEP 9:  If the Switch Row/Column Button is grayed out, then use the Select Data Button to get to that option in another dialog box.
5. Upon completion of Step 10, resave your file again.
6. Use the Self-Check Key under Week 10 Files to compare your work.
7. Upload the file to Canvas