Can I add error bars to graphs and charts in Keynote?

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Can I add error bars to graphs and charts in Keynote?

Hi,

I have just started investigating the features in Keynote and I am considering using it for a presentation I have to give next week (I have always used Microsoft PowerPoint so far). Can anyone tell me whether it is possible to add error bars (which actually reflect the true error around a mean, rather than just a fixed value like in PowerPoint) to scatter plots and bar charts which are designed within Keynote? I can't seem to find any information as to whether this is possible. If Keynote won't let me do this then I think I will need to make all graphs/charts in Microsoft Excel before inserting them into Keynote slides as pictures.

Apple MacBook, Mac OS X (10.5.2)

Posted on Apr 16, 2008 4:17 AM

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Answer 1

Tulse

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Apr 16, 2008 5:08 AM in response to Semi-Multicoloured Caucasian

Unfortunately, Keynote does not have native error bar support.

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Answer 2

Apr 16, 2008 2:55 PM in response to Tulse

Thanks for your reply; if this is the case then I must admit to being slightly disappointed. From looking at the Keynote tutorials I am aware that Keynote is not intended as an application through which to present scientific data, but because Apple usually include so many more useful features in their applications than Microsoft do (in my opinion), I thought they may have given us the option to add error bars to graphs and charts.

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