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Does anyone recognize which software is used to make these graphs and diagrams? (I love how everything is aligned very precisely, and the design is cohesive acr

Does anyone recognize which software is used to make these graphs and diagrams? (I love how everything is aligned very precisely, and the design is cohesive across slides with respect to colors and fonts.)

high_priest 6y ago
Looks like a normal PowerPoint to me
- robenkleene 6y ago
  Could be, I'd love it if anyone else could confirm. For the record, I've tried to create graphs like these in Excel, and I've struggle getting them just right. So the question I have is whether it's just because I don't know Excel well enough, or whether I should be using other software.
  - sogen 6y ago
    Can confirm Excel can do very clean graphs
  - pbronez 6y ago
    Both. PowerPoint + Excel can do some pretty good charts. You need to put time & effort into custom themes to really make it work. Using custom themes keeps colors and styles consistent across charts and slides, with smarter defaults so you don’t have to make as many manual changes. I’ve found it quickly breaks down when you push beyond the canned styles or try to apply them to more complex data (e.g. more than 5 categories). Then you have to move to something like Plotly. As always, your data graphics are only as good as your data. Make sure you’re working from clean tables to ensure you don’t start making errors.
    - robenkleene 6y ago
      Great tips here thanks. I haven’t looked at custom themes before that sounds like a promising direction.
benedictevans 6y ago
Keynote. I used to use PowerPoint, producing identical slides.
- robenkleene 6y ago
  Thanks! (Note that this is from the creator of the presentation himself. It sounds like Keynote or PowerPoint should be viable for producing slides like this.)
- dredmorbius 6y ago
  A downloadable PDF would be appreciated. As would be expansions of acronyms. GLV? GLA? I'd especially challenge that regulation must be a regresive tax, though yes, it often is.
- Rainymood 6y ago
  How do you make the colours, do you have some automation for that or is it all manual?

high_priest 6y ago

Looks like a normal PowerPoint to me

robenkleene 6y ago
Could be, I'd love it if anyone else could confirm. For the record, I've tried to create graphs like these in Excel, and I've struggle getting them just right. So the question I have is whether it's just because I don't know Excel well enough, or whether I should be using other software.
- sogen 6y ago
  Can confirm Excel can do very clean graphs
- pbronez 6y ago
  Both. PowerPoint + Excel can do some pretty good charts. You need to put time & effort into custom themes to really make it work. Using custom themes keeps colors and styles consistent across charts and slides, with smarter defaults so you don’t have to make as many manual changes. I’ve found it quickly breaks down when you push beyond the canned styles or try to apply them to more complex data (e.g. more than 5 categories). Then you have to move to something like Plotly. As always, your data graphics are only as good as your data. Make sure you’re working from clean tables to ensure you don’t start making errors.
  - robenkleene 6y ago
    Great tips here thanks. I haven’t looked at custom themes before that sounds like a promising direction.

benedictevans 6y ago

Keynote. I used to use PowerPoint, producing identical slides.

robenkleene 6y ago
Thanks! (Note that this is from the creator of the presentation himself. It sounds like Keynote or PowerPoint should be viable for producing slides like this.)
dredmorbius 6y ago
A downloadable PDF would be appreciated. As would be expansions of acronyms. GLV? GLA? I'd especially challenge that regulation must be a regresive tax, though yes, it often is.
Rainymood 6y ago
How do you make the colours, do you have some automation for that or is it all manual?