Presenting data without visual aids is a real test of the audience’s attention span and patience. No one likes to have to struggle to decipher what the data is trying to say based on text alone, or worse, straight from a spreadsheet. But whether you’re a “visual” learner or not, things are more digestible when the data is presented visually.
How to Add a Chart or Graph to Your PowerPoint Presentation | Microsoft
Whether you want to fill your PowerPoint presentation with charts and graphs or simply add them at the end to get your point across, every professional who works with data will inevitably need to learn how to insert those visual markers into their presentation. Here’s everything you need to know.
Although these two forms of visual data presentation are sometimes used interchangeably, they actually perform two different functions.
In PowerPoint presentations, diagrams don’t have to contain numerical data. It’s enough to present the information in a structured format to get the point across. Think of diagrams as the umbrella under which data can be organized in a variety of branching ways. A pie chart is a common example that divides the whole into its constituent parts based on the data. It’s easy to see the relationship between the parts based on their size alone, without having to throw numbers into the mix.
