Friday, May 3, 2008 MOS

AIM: Can we import a chart into a Powerpoint slide?

Do Now: Why is is a good idea to include a Chart in a Powerpoint project about the History of Money? Where do you think a chart would make sense? Explain.

Today you will return to your History of Money mega-project. Make sure you used sound and transition and animation schemes. You will create a chart using Excel, related to either the US Treasury. Look up US Treasury in Google and locate information about the different levels of management. Who is in charge? That person's name goes at the top of the list in a box with his/her official title. Create a chart of copy the chart that you find and import it into your slide show. Make sure to save it in Excel or to your picture file if it is a chart already available for the US Treasury. Remember to save chart in your picture folder, so it is accessible to include in your project. Remember to try PowerPoint's Help Menu and the Help menu for Excel. They are there to answer your questions.


The first step is to find out who runs the US Treasury and what his/her responsibility is.

You can use the book and look up "importing charts" into PowerPoint presentations, using the index. Remember to share the books, since we don't have enough to go around and please make sure to keep the pages intact.

It is easy to import a chart. Hint: look at and use the menu toolbar and use it!

I can type out instructions but I want you to use your initiative. Another easier way is to copy and past the chart onto a blank slide, after inserting a new slide. Try importing first. Then you can try the copy and past approach.

Review what you did and list the steps you took to complete the assignment. You do not have to send it to me today. Just save it in your folder for the class.

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