462 Chapter 16 Add Simple Visual Enhancements
Converting Existing Bullet Points into Diagrams
You might decide after creating a bulleted list on a slide that a diagram would
more clearly convey your point to your audience. You can easily convert a bulleted
list to a SmartArt diagram with only a few clicks of the mouse button.
To create a diagram from an existing bulleted list:- Click anywhere in the placeholder containing the bulleted list you want to
convert. - Right-click anywhere in the selected placeholder, and point to Convert To
SmartArt. - Do one of the following:
a. If the diagram layout you want appears in the gallery, click its thumbnail.
b. If you don’t see the layout you want, click More SmartArt Graphics. Then
in the Choose A SmartArt Graphic dialog box, click the layout you want,
and click OK.
- Adjust the size, position, and look of the diagram in the usual way.
Inserting Charts.
For those occasions when you want to display numeric data visually, you can add a chart
to a slide. Charts make it easy to see trends that might not be obvious from looking at
the numbers themselves.
On a slide that includes a content placeholder, you can click the placeholder’s Insert
Chart button to start the process of creating a chart. You can also click the Chart button
in the Illustrations Group on the Insert tab to add a chart to any slide. In either case, you
then select the type of chart you want. If your PowerPoint window is maximized, when
you click OK, a sample chart of the type you selected is inserted in the current slide,
and the PowerPoint window shrinks so that it occupies half the screen. An associated
Microsoft Excel worksheet containing the data plotted in the sample chart is displayed in
the other half. You use this worksheet to enter the information you want to plot, follow-
ing the pattern illustrated by the sample data.