The Clip Gallery helps users organize a central place for all image and sound files. Users can import and store other images from their hard drive or other locations in the Gallery. For additional images, sounds, pictures, and movies, users can now access more than 1000 enhancements simply by linking to the Clip Gallery live Web site without storing all the files on their local machines. The charting module for PowerPoint now enables anyone putting a presentation together to reach their audience with much more effect by offering a whole new family of chart styles and effects. PowerPoint 97 has improved the chart types by including additional chart types.
Users can represent data with maximum insight and impact.
New chart types such as bubble charts, pie of pie, and bar of pie charts allow users to add another dimension to their data. The following options are new to the Graph 97 module giving the user further options with their presentation. Chart Data Tables - Users can enhance reports by adding explanatory detail to a chart. Users have the option to simply attach a data table containing the numbers represented in each series right on the chart. Rotated Text on Chart Axes - Users can scale fonts and rotate text along the chart axes to display all necessary data proportionally for easier viewing.