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The most convenient way to insert a chart is to take a little "detour" and use the spreadsheet application PlanMaker to create the chart. Then copy the chart to the clipboard, switch to Presentations and paste it there.
The advantage of this method is that PlanMaker is simply the most suitable option for entering data and also for creating charts. It has many features that you can only find in a spreadsheet application. (Of course, this method only works if you have PlanMaker installed.)
Proceed as follows:
| 1. | In PlanMaker (not in Presentations!), enter the numeric values to be displayed in table cells. |
| Alternatively, you can simply open a file that already contains this data. |
| 2. | Select the cells with this data and choose the ribbon command Insert | Chart frame to create a chart. (For more information, see the "Charts" chapter in the PlanMaker manual.) |
| Alternatively, you can simply open a file that already contains the desired chart. |
| 3. | If the chart is not already selected, click on it to select it. |
| 4. | Use the ribbon command Home | Copy to copy the chart to the clipboard. |
| 5. | Switch to Presentations. |
| 6. | Use the ribbon command Home | Paste to insert the chart. |
The chart is now inserted in the current slide.
Note: The chart is not converted into a picture when it is inserted, but remains a chart. Thus, you can subsequently change its chart type or edit its data and settings at any time, for example.
Inserting as an OLE object
A chart copied and pasted as described above has no connection to the original chart in PlanMaker. Thus, if you subsequently change the original in PlanMaker, this will have no effect on its copy in Presentations.
If you want to insert a chart that maintains a connection to the original chart in PlanMaker, you must insert it as an OLE object. To do so, use the ribbon command Insert | OLE object frame and select PlanMaker Chart as the object type.
For more information on handling OLE objects, see OLE objects.