I'm experiencing a problem with a histogramthat I createdin Powerpoint, I want to animate each partsone afterthe other but when I importmyslideinStoryline, I can't work on it because it becamean image. My histogram is just an Excel chart, not a SmartArt one. Does anyonefound asolutionto animate charts piece by piece ?
Have a look at this post where a similar issue was posted for a pie chart.
You can format a bar in the chart as no fill no outline and copy each step into Storyline as an image step by step. The use the Storyline timeline etc to make the images appear in the correct sequence.
yes I had readthis threadandtried this method but I can't dissociate my chart in Powerpoint, maybe because it's not a SmartArt object and just a normal chart..
1. You can copy your chart from Excel and do a Paste Special...Picture (Enhanced Metafile)
Then in PowerPoint you can ungroup that image to get the separate chart components. You might have to do the ungroup more than once and depending on your data you might need to try Switching the Row/Column setting in your source Excel chart. It looks like ungrouping will only get you each series as an animatable item.
2. If that still doesn't get you where you want to be I've also manually traced the bars in PowerPoint with the chart image in the background to get each bar the right size...then just animated each shape as necessary. Obviously the more data you have the harder this route is but it's worked well for me in the past.
What version of PowerPoint are you using? If it's 2007/10 then when you click on the chart do you get the Chart Tool tab group appearing on the ribbon. If you do then you should be able to format the series in the chart. If not what do you get?
Yes I have the chart tool tab but itdoesn't allow meto separateeachbarof my graph.In fact,I needtoanimateeach barone after theother, not just change theirappearance or an other thing.. I would liketo workon each bar asa separate objectin order tobe able to controlthe timing of itsappearance onmyslide
To select an individual bar you need to click carefully.
One click will select all the bars in the series. A second click just the bar you are clicking on. Unfortunately if you double click then a dialog will be displayed.
Copying the charts with one bar missing each time, in to Storyline will allow you animate the bar appearnace using the time line. See attached file.
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Hi
Have a look at this post where a similar issue was posted for a pie chart.
You can format a bar in the chart as no fill no outline and copy each step into Storyline as an image step by step. The use the Storyline timeline etc to make the images appear in the correct sequence.
Hope this helps
Hi Graham,
yes I had read this thread and tried this method but I can't dissociate my chart in Powerpoint, maybe because it's not a SmartArt object and just a normal chart..
A couple of things you might try:
1. You can copy your chart from Excel and do a Paste Special...Picture (Enhanced Metafile)
Then in PowerPoint you can ungroup that image to get the separate chart components. You might have to do the ungroup more than once and depending on your data you might need to try Switching the Row/Column setting in your source Excel chart. It looks like ungrouping will only get you each series as an animatable item.
2. If that still doesn't get you where you want to be I've also manually traced the bars in PowerPoint with the chart image in the background to get each bar the right size...then just animated each shape as necessary. Obviously the more data you have the harder this route is but it's worked well for me in the past.
Good Luck! I hope you get what you need!
What version of PowerPoint are you using? If it's 2007/10 then when you click on the chart do you get the Chart Tool tab group appearing on the ribbon. If you do then you should be able to format the series in the chart. If not what do you get?
I'm using Powerpoint 2010
Yes I have the chart tool tab but it doesn't allow me to separate each bar of my graph. In fact, I need to animate each bar one after the other, not just change their appearance or an other thing..
I would like to work on each bar as a separate object in order to be able to control the timing of its appearance on my slide
To select an individual bar you need to click carefully.
One click will select all the bars in the series. A second click just the bar you are clicking on. Unfortunately if you double click then a dialog will be displayed.
Copying the charts with one bar missing each time, in to Storyline will allow you animate the bar appearnace using the time line. See attached file.
I tried your solution but I work on a 3D histogram and I can't remove the scales of the histogram just to copy each bar :(
Oh yes, I find how to do it, it was in the "Disposition" menu (I work on the french version of PPT).. I may be able to start doing something..
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