Political Science 138
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Lab 9: PowerPoint

Assignment:

Prepare two of your term paper charts for powerpoint.
Present them in-class on

USE these Powerpoint templates (or design a better one)

example of chart with dark background in powerpoint.

blue

drug

table with light background:

table

scatterplot light background

scatter

 Tips:

Format the chart in Excel with:

  • Without the chart title (paste the title into the slide so that it would match your other titles)
  • Set the height to 5 inches (the slide is 6 inches high) and the width to 8 inches.
    (Chart Tool | Format | Size)
  • Format the Chart area and plot Area so that there is no fill.
  • Set your font sizes to at least 16 to 18 pts.; title font about 32pt.s
  • Copy and paste into powerpoint
  • do not "fill" the plot area and chart areas background if you are using a colored powerpoint slide.
  • You may need to do some additional formatting in Powerpoint