How can I animate a line chart in PowerPoint?

Question

I'm creating a presentation in PowerPoint. I have a simple line chart. The chart shows prices on the vertical axis and time on the horizontal axis, with one data item per month.

I'd like to animate it so that the line is drawn over a period of seconds: first January, then Feb, then March, then April, etc.

I think the way to do it is via Custom Animation / Entrance - Box / Effect Options / Chart Animation / Group chart. I'm now looking for Elements in Series, but I only see As One Object, By Series, By Category.

Any suggestions?

Thanks.

Answer 1

Hi,

I wasn't able to duplicate the problem in PowerPoint 2004.

I opened a blank presentation, changed it to a chart slide, double-clicked the chart and took the default chart.

Then I right-clicked on the chart, chose chart animation, and then selected the Box entrance effect.

I clicked the Options button and on the Chart Animation tab in the Group Chart Pop-Up there is:
As one object
By series
By category
By element in series
By element in category

What version of PowerPoint do you have? If you try it on the plain-jane default chart does it offer the element coices?