Join Gini von Courter for an in-depth discussion in this video Using icon sets, part of Data-Driven Presentations with Excel and PowerPoint 2013.
When we use data bars to represent our values.…Microsoft Excel creates a very precise bar.…It reads the number and it says okay, this bar should be this long.…If it's 6,000 it needs to be slightly longer than…a bar for 5,000 but shorter than one for 7,000.…And so in a set where we have 25 different…numbers, we'll actually have 25 different lengths of data bars.…Icon sets are different.…With an icon set, we're using symbols, and those symbols stand in…for the bottom third, middle third and top third of a range.…
Or the bottom quarter, middle and top quarter and so on.…These are customizable, so we'll start by saying we'd like to use icon sets.…And let's just take a look at the choices that are available to us before…we even apply any of these.…There are directional icons, so we have an arrow pointing up to the right and down.…We have those in green, yellow, red, and we have them in gray.…We also have shapes, and you'll notice the prevalence of green, yellow, and red.…
And we can't get past our training culturally.…
Author
Gini von Courter
Released
10/17/2013- Using Excel themes
- Formatting tables
- Highlighting data with conditional formatting
- Creating pie, column, and combination charts
- Creating PivotTables
- Pasting and linking charts and tables
- Creating SmartArt diagrams
- Animating charts, tables, and SmartArt
- Finalizing your presentation
Skill Level Intermediate
Duration
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Introduction
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Welcome1m 2s
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Using the exercise files2m 16s
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1. Data-Driven Presentations: The Basics
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2. Formatting Excel Tables for Presentations
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Setting table options3m 53s
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Changing a table to a range2m 47s
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Dividing large numbers3m 12s
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3. Highlighting Data with Conditional Formatting
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Using data bars4m 46s
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Using icon sets4m 50s
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Editing a conditional format8m 26s
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4. Using Charts to Illustrate Data
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Choosing the right chart7m 3s
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Creating a pie chart2m 52s
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Creating a column chart4m 34s
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Creating a 100% chart3m 54s
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Creating a combination chart2m 27s
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5. Summarizing with PivotTables and PivotCharts
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Creating a PivotChart4m 59s
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6. Taking Excel to PowerPoint
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Linking data and objects8m 42s
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7. Using SmartArt in Data-Driven Presentations
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Creating a SmartArt diagram3m 37s
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8. Animating Charts and Data
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Animating charts8m 11s
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Removing animation1m 7s
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Modifying animation order1m 16s
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Animating SmartArt8m 11s
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9. Finalizing Your Presentation
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Conclusion
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Next steps1m 49s
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