How to make your charts interactive? [No coding / VBA]

This presentation is the answer to a small puzzle I asked on my

blog. Click here to read the puzzle question first.

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This is your chart.

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Step-1 Insert a text box. Write 58% inside the text box.58% is the value of January.

58%

Step-2 Insert -> Shapes -> Scribble (shown with red arrow)

Draw a shape over the blue area. Don’t worry about looks. Just try to cover as much blue as possible.

Step-3 Right click on the shape you have drawn. Format Shape. Set transparency to 99%. Solid fill can be any colour.

Remove the lines by going to LINE COLOR. Choose NO LINE.The shape now becomes transparent.

Setting up the ENTRY of 58%

Click on the text box. Go to Custom Animation. Add Effect -> Entrance -> Appear. We have chosen how the number will appear on screen.

Under ‘Timing’ option -> Triggers -> Start effect on click of ‘Freeform’. Freeform is the name of the shape which you have made. It is called Freeform because you are free to make anything. It’s like a pencil.

Click here to view these options

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Setting up the EXIT of 58%

Select text box. Under ‘Add Effects’. Choose Disappear. Under ‘Timings’ set trigger. The trigger again is the freeform shape we have drawn.

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Your effect is ready. In slideshow mode when your mouse is over the freeform shape you have drawn, the mouse pointer changes to a hand.

Click on it and 58% appears. Click again and it disappears.

Jan-uary

Feb-ruary

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58%

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