2. What’s New in Version 7.5
Excel Charts
Productivity
Boosters
Formatting
Enhancements
• Create and edit a Mekko
Graphics chart in Excel.
• Move an Excel chart to
PowerPoint and
automatically links to
Excel data.
• Improved chart type
conversion
• Add a line to any bar
chart without changing
chart type
• Easily switch between
vertical and horizontal
orientation
• Enhanced quick launch
options
• Easily add the most
popular charts (e.g. Bar
with CAGR column, Bar
Mekko with data row)
• More sorting options
• New bars and series
sort selections and
custom sort order
• Set the same scale for 2 or
more charts on a slide
• Lines
• Add segment comparison
lines
• Add a growth line
showing CAGR instead of
total growth
• Easily add, move and
format segment links
• Add vertical lines and
gridlines
• Move axis to the top for
horizontal charts
• Change line width on axes
and borders
• Plot markers only on line
charts
• Colors
• Change colors for all lines
• Change the fill color for
reference bubbles
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3. Using Excel
You have a full range of options for using Excel to create charts.
Link to Excel
NEW!
• Create a chart in
PowerPoint and link the
data to an Excel
spreadsheet for manual or
automatic updates.
• Create a chart from an
Excel spreadsheet and
drop it in to a PowerPoint
presentation.
• Create, place and edit a
chart in Excel.
• You can move a chart
from Excel to PowerPoint
and it will be linked to
your Excel data.
Excel Add-In
Charts in
Excel
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4. Apple Financial Metrics
EPS has grown dramatically, driven by revenue gains rather than profit
improvement.
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6. What’s New in Version 7.5
Excel Charts
Productivity
Boosters
Formatting
Enhancements
• Create and edit a Mekko
Graphics chart in Excel.
• Move an Excel chart to
PowerPoint and
automatically links to Excel
data.
• Improved chart type
conversion
• Add a line to any bar
chart without changing
chart type
• Easily switch between
vertical and horizontal
orientation
• Enhanced quick launch
options
• Easily add the most
popular charts (e.g. Bar
with CAGR column, Bar
Mekko with data row)
• More sorting options
• New bars and series sort
selections and custom
sort order
• Set the same scale for 2 or
more charts on a slide
• Lines
• Add segment comparison
lines
• Add a growth line showing
CAGR instead of total
growth
• Easily add, move and format
segment links
• Add vertical lines and
gridlines
• Move axis to the top for
horizontal charts
• Change line width on axes
and borders
• Plot markers only on line
charts
• Colors
• Change colors for all lines
• Change the fill color for
reference bubbles
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7. Switch Orientation
Easily change this to a horizontal bar chart without changing chart type. You can
also move the axis to the top of the chart.
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12. What’s New in Version 7.5
Excel Charts
Productivity
Boosters
Formatting
Enhancements
• Create and edit a Mekko
Graphics chart in Excel.
• Move an Excel chart to
PowerPoint and
automatically links to Excel
data.
• Improved chart type
conversion
• Add a line to any bar
chart without changing
chart type
• Easily switch between
vertical and horizontal
orientation
• Enhanced quick launch
options
• Easily add the most
popular charts (e.g. Bar
with CAGR column, Bar
Mekko with data row)
• More sorting options
• New bars and series sort
selections and custom
sort order
• Set the same scale for 2 or
more charts on a slide
• Lines
• Add segment comparison
lines
• Add a growth line showing
CAGR instead of total
growth
• Easily add, move and format
segment links
• Add vertical lines and
gridlines
• Move axis to the top for
horizontal charts
• Change line width on axes
and borders
• Plot markers only on line
charts
• Colors
• Change colors for all lines
• Change the fill color for
reference bubbles
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13. Segment Comparison Lines
You can add segment comparison lines to your charts. In a stacked bar, it
highlights differences between locations in the stack and in a cluster bar it
shows the change between 2 bars.
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14. CAGR Growth Line
You can add a CAGR growth line to easily show the overall CAGR and series
CAGR on the chart.
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15. Gridlines and Vertical Lines
You can add gridlines or vertical lines to make a chart easier to read.
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