Chart Design Archives - Xelplus - Leila Gharani

How to Best Present Charts in PowerPoint

Leila Gharani — Wed, 19 Jun 2019 09:00:00 +0000

Choosing the right Chart animation in PowerPoint is the secret to a professional presentation. In this quick tutorial find out how to link your Excel chart to PowerPoint and how to animate the graph to support your story.

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Stacked Column with Connectors

Leila Gharani — Thu, 27 Jul 2017 11:17:00 +0000

Learn how to add series lines or shaded background to a stacked column chart by combining it with a stacked area chart. It's a good way of displaying the trend for each category (stack).

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3 Steps to Make Great Excel Charts

Leila Gharani — Wed, 26 Jul 2017 11:17:00 +0000

In this tutorial, I share the 3 principles, along with some examples, for effective data visualization, that you should apply to your charts and dashboards in Excel. When designing a chart, keep it simple, clear and consistent.

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Excel Companion Charts

Leila Gharani — Fri, 27 Jan 2017 11:32:00 +0000

With this tutorial, you will improve your chart design. I share a few different methods used for visualizing performance comparisons, deviations, as well as future estimated performance.

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