On a very old post of mine came a comment few days back. Though the reader did not give his/her name, the question was interesting. The post was about animating line charts, so the lines come one after the other. For example, see the chart below. If you want to show Series 1 first and hide Series 2 and 3, you can do so by animating the chart.  In brief, the process is as follows: Click on the chart to select it -> Choose animation (wipe from left) -> Go to animation pane (on your right) -> Under Chart Animation -> Group Chart 'By Series'. Done! For more detailed directions click here . The comment which came on this post was: "How does one change the order of animation?" In the method described above first Series 1 comes, then 2 and then 3. How does one get Series 3 before 2? The answer: MS PowerPoint does not allow us to reorder the series. There is however a hack to this. I will present 3 solutions. To repeat the question again... We have s...

Whether it be an email you are writing, a presentation you are making or a comment you are leaving on a blog. In any communication, you need to be 'honest'. People can see through our non-sense. Even if we hide it in piles of data or rosy images or excellent animation and great looking slides. Honesty sells. Honest wins. ALWAYS.

This is no algebra problem. It is something I have realised today because today I made my first presentation in a 16 by 9 mode. Let me explain in detail. When you create a new presentation in MS PowerPoint the default screen aspect ratio is 4 by 3 (or 4:3). The ratio between length of the screen and the height is 4 by 3. The book Nudge tells us that most people never change the 'default' setting of their mobile phones. What is true of mobile phones is also true of MS PowerPoint. All of us present in 4:3 mode. Most of us do not even know there is an alternative to it. Introducing: Screen Aspect Ratio MS PowerPoint gives you various choices of screen aspect ratio. The default setting is 4:3 but my recommendation is to try 16:9. It is one more step towards standing out. The look of your presentation will change and the audience will like it. Where is it? In MS PowerPoint 2010, under Design tab, choose Page Setup . Under 'Slides sized for:' choose 'On-Scr...