The first rule of flow charts is that they should be intelligible. In a presentation, you do have a chance to explain what’s going on, but a good PowerPoint series makes sense on its own.

Simply follow the steps below to create a Gantt chart in PowerPoint using a template: Open PowerPoint and Go to File > New. Search for a Gantt Chart template and import it to the presentation.

True PowerPoint Warriors know that you can -- with Herculean levels of effort -- animate charts and graphs in PowerPoint. Of course, not many people do it, because it's just not that easy to do.

PowerPoint will let you animate chart elements, but the option's not easy to find. If you don't know about it, you might not even go looking for it.