Grouping Charts That Are Put Together From Scratch:

This article deals with PowerPoint charts that were NOT created with the SmartArt Pre-Set Chart Selections. Sometimes people will construct charts from scratch and another operator will then inherit the chart to edit it. An item that comes up again and again is the use of Grouping. 1. When a chart is totally "ungrouped", the separate pieces (lines, boxes, arrows, ovals etc.) are independently controllable in terms of moving around on the slide. 2. When a chart is "grouped" either partially or totally, the piece that is grouped can be copied, shifted up-down-left-right by tugging or use of Control-North-South-East-West for Micro Moving. You are now in a position to control the entire chart or a piece of a chart instead of moving each piece of the chart independently to adjust the chart's position on the slide. Charts can have many pieces to deal with so this can be very time consuming. 3. To grab the entire chart in order to Group it, click on one of the objects in the chart such as a box or oval. Then, do "Control A" which highlights all of the pieces of the Chart. Click on the "Drawing Tools" Tab (upper right) and select "Group". The chart will now respond as one solid piece to be moved around as needed. 4. When you grab your chart to Group it by use of "Control A" you will also grab Footer Material on the slide such as Page No., Date etc. since the pieces of the Footer are using Text Boxes". To "De-select" the Footer Material or for that matter any selected material that you DO NOT want in the Grouping: Go over to the Object and "Shift Click". Once you have de-selected the pieces that you don't want in the group, go to Drawing Tools and Group the remaining selected pieces. 5. You can also grab the pieces of the chart by sweeping your cursor over the area to be grouped and when you let go, the highlighted piece will then show all the selected pieces highlighted. Then, go to Drawing Tools and Select Group. 6. Finally, if you wish to Group the Chart and copy it to another slide Group the pieces of the Chart that you need, click on the Grouped Piece and select copy. Go to the slide that needs the Chart and paste it in. Training From An Inside Perspective www.advanceto.com https://youtu.be/VDXsjrm6QSA