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Use the Standard presentation editor to add structured data, visual explanations, and reusable layouts to a slide. Open the relevant tool in the editor rail, choose an element, and refine it on the canvas.

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Edit charts and tables directly

Use a chart when the audience needs to see a pattern or comparison. Use a table when exact values matter. Add and edit both from the Canvas editor.

Add and edit tables and charts

Watch the complete Canvas workflow for adding a chart and table, then editing their content directly.
Open Charts, then choose a chart or infographic that matches the relationship in the data.

Chart and infographic types

Charts panel showing bar, horizontal bar, stacked bar, line, pie, area, donut, scatter, radar, polar area, progress bar, and gauge chart options
After adding a chart, select it on the canvas to edit its data and presentation. Depending on the chart type, you can configure the title, values, category labels, legend, axes, grid, and series colors.

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Chart controls

The Standard editor groups its chart choices by purpose: Use bar charts for category comparison, line or area charts for change over time, pie-like charts for a small number of parts in a whole, and scatter or bubble charts for relationships between measures.

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Build diagrams with icons and shapes

Combine icons, labels, shapes, arrows, and lines when the audience needs to understand a process, hierarchy, or relationship. Keep the reading direction obvious and use one visual meaning for each shape or color.

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Edit and replace icons

Select an icon on the slide to update its color or replace its symbol. Use Change Icon to search for a concept, compare matching symbols, choose an icon weight, and apply the replacement.

Edit images and icons

Follow the Canvas guide to recolor an icon or replace it with a better symbol.

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Add shapes and connectors

Open Elements to insert a rectangle, circle, ellipse, triangle, diamond, pentagon, hexagon, arrow, or line. Select the element on the canvas to move, resize, rotate, or restyle it.

Edit shapes and lines

Watch the focused Canvas guide for positioning and styling shapes, lines, and connectors.

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Add a reusable visual layout

Open Blocks when you need a complete slide section rather than one object. Search the block library, review the available layout variants, and select the layout that matches the content you need to present.

Blocks and layout

Browse reusable block families, compare layout variants, and add a complete visual section to the active slide.

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Choose the right visual form

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Review before delivery

  • Recalculate source values and derived percentages.
  • Confirm that axes do not distort the comparison.
  • Include units, dates, category labels, and data source context.
  • Check that colors remain distinguishable and text remains legible.
  • Confirm that table values, chart categories, series, and source labels still match the source after editing.
  • Open the exported PPTX or PDF and inspect labels for clipping.