Microsoft KB Archive/11909

Presentation Graphics on th PSS ID Number: Q11909 Article last modified on 09-22-1986 PSS database name: PRESS

PRESENTATION GRAPHICS ON THE IBM PC by Steve Lambert Price: $18.95 Pages 320 ISBN: 0-914845-12-8 Pub. Date: December 18, 1986 16-page four-color insert

PRESENTATION GRAPHICS on the IBM PC: The Microsoft Guide to Creating Dazzling Charts and Graphics with Microsoft Chart

In the numbers-oriented business world, exciting visual presentations of data have dramatic and convincing impact. With the proliferation of personal computers supporting improved graphics capabilities and the advent of programs such as best-selling Microsoft Chart, dazzling, high-quality presentation graphics can be easily created. This December, Microsoft Press will release PRESENTATION GRAPHICS ON THE IBM PC, a complete guide to using Microsoft Chart on an IBM PC or compatible. As a bonus, PRESENTATION GRAPHICS ON THE IBM PC contains a lavish 16-page four-color insert that demonstrates the full spectrum of color printing using Microsoft Chart. In PRESENTATION GRAPHICS ON THE IBM PC, author Steve Lambert, who worked closely with the developers of Microsoft Chart, shows, as he did in the best selling Presentation Graphics on the Apple Macintosh, how today’s business professional can develop e-aesthetically pleasing and effective graphs in just minutes. No previous graphics experience is needed to learn how to use Microsoft Chart. Steve Lambert starts the book with detailed information on basic graphing techniques–from determining the purpose of the graph to selecting an appropriate format–and explains the accepted graphing standards for axes, labels, and legends. Next, Lambert teaches Microsoft Chart by walking the reader, step-by-step, through the creation of a simple chart. He explains the various commands, shows how to plot a series, add titles or labels, and demonstrates how to change the graph’s design. Lambert moves on to explain the features and uses of the most popular types of the charts: bar, pie, area, column, line, and scatter diagrams. PRESENTATION GRAPHICS ON THE IBM PC discusses the accepted standards for the different charts, and how to determine the most appropriate design for a particular application. For each, easy to follow instructions are provided with accompanying illustrations. Finally, Lambert examines the various output devices–printers, plotters, and film devices–available to use with Microsoft Chart, and discusses the use of multiple-chart formats. A thorough appendix contains comprehensive explanations of all Microsoft Chart commands. Steve Lambert’s fascination with personal computers has led him to investigate many of their practical uses. He explored online information services in ONLINE: A Guide to America’s Leading Information Services, and taught BASIC programming techniques in CREATIVE PROGRAMMING IN MICROSOFT BASIC. In addition, he has contributed articles to high Technology, Computing for Business/Interface Age, Macworld, Time-Life Access, and PC World magazines. Microsoft Corporation, based in Bellevue, Washington, develops and sells a wide range of operating systems, languages, applications programs, and hardware products, as well as books, for the microcomputer marketplace.

Copyright Microsoft Corporation 1986.