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I am having trouble visualizing dates in a presentation. This image is a good example of what I'm hoping to have, but I would like a way to make the slide from a table of dates (rather than making each box by hand, which is what happened here).

Any suggestions? I can use Numbers, Keynote, or Excel or PowerPoint for Mac. Also open to other software options that would do this.

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  • you are right, that one is way to busy, to many colors.
    – Ruskes
    Dec 22, 2014 at 1:38
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    I would use 1 color and place the α β γ in the boxes, it is clear that that is the order anyway.
    – Ruskes
    Dec 22, 2014 at 1:43
  • @Buscar웃 Thanks for the suggestion. Any ideas on how to make the chart automatically from spreadsheet data?
    – Matt Chandler
    Dec 22, 2014 at 1:48
  • I only know and use Excel :)
    – Ruskes
    Dec 22, 2014 at 2:30
  • @Buscar웃: Any idea what to use to do it in Excel? I have Excel too, but wouldn't know where to look or what to google for to find how to do something like this. Thanks!
    – Matt Chandler
    Dec 22, 2014 at 21:14

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You might want to try the Office "gantt chart" feature to present your data.

Options for making a Gantt chart

Although it is not a graphical tool by design, it is possible, with quite a bit of formatting, to make a Gantt chart in Excel. You can do this by turning your project tables into an Excel Gantt chart using Excel's bar graph functionality. It is also possible and significantly easier to create much more graphical and more manageable Gantt charts in PowerPoint, such as the one above. You can do this by simply pasting your Excel project tables into a PowerPoint add-in called Office Timeline.

There are many templates available here.

gant chart

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