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Once you insert a chart in PowerPoint, you may find that you mixed up the series and categories! It’s easy to switch between both of them by clicking the Switch Row/Column button on the Chart Tools Design tab of the Ribbon–but wait, do you see the Switch Row/Column button grayed out, as shown highlighted in red within the screenshot below?
The solution is simple, although not so apparent. All you need to do is to right-click the chart on your slide to bring up the contextual menu, shown below. Now select the Edit Data option.
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We finally explore the seventh timeline example in our series on different timelines that stand apart because they are unique.
This timeline is from our friends at Presenter Media, a Sioux Falls, South Dakota-based organization. My contact at Presenter Media was Art Holden.
So what do we like about this timeline? We love the fact that the curve makes this timeline fit in more timeline stops in a smaller area. Plus, the current timeline stop shows up larger and gets more attention than the stops that denote earlier times.
Presenter Media calls this timeline the Navigate Timeline. This particular timeline includes several extras within the timeline presentation you download from their site.
Template Link | Aspect Ratio: Standard (4:3) and Widescreen (16:9). Apple Keynote variant also available.
If you have found a timeline template that’s different than others, do let us know by adding a comment. Also, if you are a vendor who wants their templates to be featured as part of this series, do get in touch with us via our feedback form.
See More Timelines that are Different: 01 | 02 | 03 | 04 | 05 | 06 | 07
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Tagged as: Art Holden, Presenter Media, Review, Sample Slides, Templates, Timelines
Many of you have been following our Timelines that are Different series, and it’s now time to show you another fantastic timeline that you can use on your PowerPoint slides. The requirement to be featured in this series is not to be just useful and interesting, but the featured timeline also needs to be different and stand apart from usual timeline offerings.
Our sixth timeline slide is from infoDiagram, a template site based out of London, UK. Our contact at infoDiagram was Peter Zvirinsky.
This particular timeline looks very simple indeed, and that in itself provides it with an amazingly, different attribute. The watercolor-stroke appearance of this timeline is uncomplicated and captivating at the same time. infoDiagram calls this diagram a Watercolor Timeline Arrow.
The limitation of this timeline is that you cannot add too many timeline stops. The sample shown above already has four stops, and you may be able to squeeze in an extra timeline stop at the most. Fortunately, this timeline slide is part of many other similarly styled Watercolor slides, and you may use elements from other slides to create more coordinated slides!
Template Link | Aspect Ratio: Standard (4:3) only
If you have found a timeline template that’s different than others, do let us know by adding a comment. Also, if you are a vendor who wants their templates to be featured as part of this series, do get in touch with us via our feedback form.
See More Timelines that are Different: 01 | 02 | 03 | 04 | 05 | 06 | 07
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Tagged as: Infodiagram, Peter Zvirinsky, Review, Sample Slides, Templates, Timelines
As part of our very popular series on timelines that are “different”, let us now explore our fifth, different timeline! In this series, we are not exploring the “best” timelines that you can add to your slides. And realistically speaking, it was a conscious decision to choose “different” rather than “best” for this series because we wanted to bring you timeline slides that are not seen too frequently; and thus, will stand apart from the commonplace.
Our fifth timeline slide is from PresentationLoad, a slide vendor based out of Nierstein, Germany. My contact was Frank Hodrea.
So how is this timeline different than the typical timeline slide? First of all, this timeline is so much more visual that most timelines. Also, it makes the best use of the larger width of the widescreen aspect ratio to fit in so many pictures! PresentationLoad calls this a Company History Timeline.
Although all pictures are grouped, you can still change them individually because newer versions of PowerPoint let you change pictures, even if they are within a group. And if you don’t want to change pictures, PresentationLoad seems to have carefully chosen neutral pictures that will work in most scenarios! All put together, this is a set of 28 slides, and 27 of them have editable timelines!
Template Link | Aspect Ratio: Widescreen (16:9) and Standard (4:3)
If you have found a timeline template that’s different than others, do let us know by adding a comment. Also, if you are a vendor who wants their templates to be featured as part of this series, do get in touch with us via our feedback form.
See More Timelines that are Different: 01 | 02 | 03 | 04 | 05 | 06 | 07
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Tagged as: PresentationLoad, Review, Sample Slides, Templates, Timelines
Creating timeline slides can be so much fun, not just because your options are so many—but also since each timeline is completely different from another. We have been looking at the collections of major slide vendors, and are picking timeline templates from their collections that number several hundred slides! Choosing just seven slides from such a large repertoire is not easy because so much thought and visual talent have been used to create the available options.
Our fourth timeline slide is from SlideModel, a slide vendor based out of Uruguay. My contact was Germán Viera.
This timeline is different than the usual single-line timeline. Yet, it uses less slide real estate optimally with a from-the-top look at a maze-style line. SlideModel calls this a Horizon Perspective Timeline.
You can use any number of time values although it would be difficult to use more than ten time-values with captions. Steps/stops are provided using two variants; you can use a colored map pin, or a numbered, colored map pin.
You can also use multiple slides with one step or stop per slide. Some sample slides that illustrate this effect are included.
Template Link | Aspect Ratio: Widescreen (16:9) Only
See more stories about SlideModel.
If you have found a timeline template that’s different than others, do let us know by adding a comment. Also, if you are a vendor who wants their templates to be featured as part of this series, do get in touch with us via our feedback form.
See More Timelines that are Different: 01 | 02 | 03 | 04 | 05 | 06 | 07
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Tagged as: Review, Sample Slides, Slidemodel, Templates, Timelines
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