Now PowerPoint knows you want to animate the chart’s series. There are three series and PowerPoint forces you to also animate the chart’s background for a total of four animations.

In this tutorial, we have discussed how to make a background with a chart or marker effect in PowerPoint. READ: How to blur background image of a pictures in PowerPoint.

How to change the background of your PowerPoint slides 1. Open PowerPoint on your Mac or PC and create a new presentation or open one you've already started.

Step 1: Open your Powerpoint document and select the slide that you want to change the background for, on the left-hand side. In this example, we're using the standard template for an ...

You can manually create a custom Gantt chart from scratch using the native Chart menu of PowerPoint. In its Chart menu, you can find several types of standard charts including line, bar, area, pie ...

Removing data from a chart in PowerPoint 2010 is similar to creating one. You choose to edit the chart and the familiar Microsoft Excel window pops up, enabling you to remove columns, rows and cells.

PowerPoint's built-in templates are convenient, but everyone knows what they look like, and you look unoriginal if that's all you use. Try these tips to make something unique that will help your ...

Before you put together another PowerPoint presentation, make sure your pick the right type of chart to clearly communicate the information you want to share. Here's how.

Enter a text box that contains your message. Use PowerPoint’s Merge Shapes to “cut out” the text, so you can see the slide’s background through the transparent text.