How+to+Animate+an+Excel+Chart+in+PowerPoint

=How to Animate an Excel Chart in PowerPoint= = = I once had to make a PowerPoint that included various charts. I decided to use Excel to make each one. When I was done and copied it into PowerPoint, just having the single chart pop up on each page seemed boring, so I looked into animating each one to try and make it more appealing. I wanted to have certain bars come up one at a time since I was discussing each one, but wasn't sure how to do it.

I found this [|website] (shown below) that showed how to accomplish this step by step and even gave screen captures of what I needed to click on to perform certain tasks.

Excel charts aid in the interpretation of data. If you are displaying the chart in a PowerPoint show, an effective way to display the chart is one column at a time. **Step 1** - Create a chart in Excel. If you need assistance with that step, take a look at an [|online module on the topic]. For this module, a chart on Memphis rainfall was created. **Step 2** - After the chart has been created, click in the white area surrounding the chart to select the entire chart. Copy the chart; hold down the **Ctrl** key before you tap the **C** key, or right-click and select copy, or click on the copy button on the **Home** tab in the **Clipboard** area. Use the method that you are most comfortable using. **Step 3** - Open PowerPoint and select blank slide for slide one. Paste the copied chart onto the slide; hold down the **Ctrl** key and tap on the **V** key one time, right-click and select **Paste**, or click on the Paste icon in the **Clipboard** area of the **Home** tab. Use the method that you are most comfortable using. **Step 4** - On the **Animations** tab, select **Custom Animation** in the Animations area of this tab. **Step 5** - A Custom Animation pane opens on the right side of your screen. If **Add Effec**t is grayed out, the chart was not selected before you went to this step. Click on the chart one time and **Add Effect** will be available. Select **Entrance** and then **Checkerboard**. If you do not see Checkerboard click on **More Effects**. (Note: some animations will not work for chart animation. After trying the recommended effect, go back and try some others.) **Step 6** - After selecting the effect, a rectangle with a green star appears just below the effect speed block. Click on the down arrow at the right end of the rectangle, and choose Effect Options. **Step 7** - When the Effect Option dialog box pops-up, select the **Chart Animation** tab. What you select next depends on how you want the columns to appear on the chart. Using the chart seen below step 1 above, here is what the choices would mean:

**Step 8** - Before you click OK in the window seen above, click in the box labeled **Start animation by drawing the chart background** to deselect that option. You may try it both ways, but I prefer to have the basic chart grid on the slide as soon as the slide is displayed. That is just personal preference however.
 * By series** would display all of the red bars at once, and then a click would display all of the yellow bars
 * By category** would display both bars in a month, and then a click would display the next month
 * By element in series** would display the January red bar and then a click would display the February red bar
 * By element in category** would display the January red bar and then a click would display the January yellow bar

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