Essentials of Chart Design in Excel, PowerPoint and Word
40:32
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Learn how to prepare your data in Excel, create a chart, improve your chart's design, and avoid common mistakes
What You'll Learn?
- Clean up data in Excel
- Learn the principles of effective chart design
- Avoid common pitfalls of chart design
- Improve the design of bar charts, line graphs, histograms, and scatterplots
- Use advanced techniques to enhance your charts
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DescriptionTransform your charts and graphics into memorable visualizations.
Your audience can quickly connect with your message with a chart or graphic. Creating effective visualizations, however, requires knowledge of key design principles. The design principles in this class cover all aspects of creating your chart. Fonts, titles, sizes, effects, numbers, colors, and other aspects of chart design will be addressed. After creating a compelling graphic, you'll learn how to implement it in PowerPoint and Word so you can share it with others. Common pitfalls of chart design are also included. Being able to create appealing visual graphics is crucial as data becomes more readily available.
This class will focus on designing effective and elegant charts and graphs.
In this class, we'll be focusing on
Preparing data in Excel
Creating a chart
Knowing which elements to include and which to avoid
Tips for designing charts in PowerPoint and Word
Avoiding common design mistakes
Using advanced techniques such as error bars
Who is this class for?
Researchers, data analysts, students, and other individuals interested in presenting their findings in a visually compelling format.
Course materials:
Lecture videos
Readings - for further knowledge on chart design
Exercise files - so you can follow along
A project file - to help you practice
Who this course is for:
- Researchers who want to present their findings in a clear and compelling way
- Data analysts that want to highlight the story hidden in the data
- Students who use charts and graphics in their projects and presentations
- Other individuals interested in presenting their findings in a visually compelling format
Transform your charts and graphics into memorable visualizations.
Your audience can quickly connect with your message with a chart or graphic. Creating effective visualizations, however, requires knowledge of key design principles. The design principles in this class cover all aspects of creating your chart. Fonts, titles, sizes, effects, numbers, colors, and other aspects of chart design will be addressed. After creating a compelling graphic, you'll learn how to implement it in PowerPoint and Word so you can share it with others. Common pitfalls of chart design are also included. Being able to create appealing visual graphics is crucial as data becomes more readily available.
This class will focus on designing effective and elegant charts and graphs.
In this class, we'll be focusing on
Preparing data in Excel
Creating a chart
Knowing which elements to include and which to avoid
Tips for designing charts in PowerPoint and Word
Avoiding common design mistakes
Using advanced techniques such as error bars
Who is this class for?
Researchers, data analysts, students, and other individuals interested in presenting their findings in a visually compelling format.
Course materials:
Lecture videos
Readings - for further knowledge on chart design
Exercise files - so you can follow along
A project file - to help you practice
Who this course is for:
- Researchers who want to present their findings in a clear and compelling way
- Data analysts that want to highlight the story hidden in the data
- Students who use charts and graphics in their projects and presentations
- Other individuals interested in presenting their findings in a visually compelling format
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- Training sessions 17
- duration 40:32
- Release Date 2024/12/06