Data-Driven Presentations with Excel and PowerPoint 2013

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Free Online Course: Data-Driven Presentations with Excel and PowerPoint 2013 provided by LinkedIn Learning is a comprehensive online course, which lasts for 3-4 hours worth of material. The course is taught in English and is free of charge. Upon completion of the course, you can receive an e-certificate from LinkedIn Learning. Data-Driven Presentations with Excel and PowerPoint 2013 is taught by Gini von Courter.

Overview
  • Drive your PowerPoint presentations with Excel data.

Syllabus
  • Introduction

    • Welcome
    • What you should know before watching this course
    • Using the exercise files
    1. Data-Driven Presentations: The Basics
    • Creating a data-driven presentation
    • Using Excel data in PowerPoint
    • How themes impact presentation data
    2. Formatting Excel Tables for Presentations
    • Formatting a range as a table
    • Setting table options
    • Changing a table to a range
    • Dividing large numbers
    3. Highlighting Data with Conditional Formatting
    • Understanding conditional formatting
    • Formatting a cell based on its contents
    • Using data bars
    • Using icon sets
    • Editing a conditional format
    4. Using Charts to Illustrate Data
    • Choosing the right chart
    • Creating a pie chart
    • Creating a column chart
    • Building an infographic using a picture fill
    • Creating a 100% chart
    • Creating a combination chart
    • Creating charts in PowerPoint
    5. Summarizing with PivotTables and PivotCharts
    • Creating and formatting a PivotTable
    • Filtering items in a PivotTable
    • Creating a PivotChart
    6. Taking Excel to PowerPoint
    • Copying data and charts in Excel
    • Pasting charts and tables from the Office Clipboard
    • Linking data and objects
    • Copying tables and pasting pictures
    • Building a data-driven presentation directly in PowerPoint
    • Using sparklines in presentations
    7. Using SmartArt in Data-Driven Presentations
    • Creating a SmartArt diagram
    • Repurposing lists as diagrams
    • Creating an organization chart with photos
    • Converting SmartArt to shapes
    8. Animating Charts and Data
    • Animating charts
    • Removing animation
    • Focusing your audience with emphasis effects and shapes
    • Modifying animation order
    • Animating SmartArt
    • Animating large tables and objects
    9. Finalizing Your Presentation
    • Documenting your presentation
    • Saving your presentation as a template
    Conclusion
    • Next steps