Mekko Graphics version 7.5 introduces several enhancements for Excel charts, including improved chart editing, automatic linking of charts to Excel data when moved to PowerPoint, and various formatting options. Users can now easily switch orientations, add growth lines, and customize sorting and color features for better presentation and analysis. Additionally, the new version provides tools to compare segments, utilize gridlines, and enhance the visual appeal of charts.

1. PREVIEW OF MEKKO
GRAPHICS 7.5
David Goldstein
President, Mekko Graphics

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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5. Chart Copied from Excel
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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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8. Quick Launch
Add a bar chart with growth line and CAGR column.
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9. Quick Launch
Add a bar mekko with a pre-set series for the bar width and data row.
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10. Enhanced Sorting
Sorting the bars and series allows you to focus audience attention.
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11. Scaling Multiple Charts
Use the same axis scale for all charts on the slide.
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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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16. Reference Bubble
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You can color the reference bubble on your bubble charts.

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