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Article last modified on 09-22-1986
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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.