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Have you ever been watching a TED talk and wondered how they got that cool dynamic chart? Did someone slave for hours over a long Flash animation? Well, I can’t vouch for other speakers, but Oomfo, which is in a Google-esque long-term beta, provides such an option. It’s an add-in for Powerpoint that allows you to dump data in to the presentation and produce animated/dynamic charts, depending on the data type. This could be as simple as a rather stylish histogram with bars that grow, interactive pie charts that you can get dynamic labels/rotate/resize, fully interactive 3D plots or an infinite x-axis which is fully scrollable. The effects are excellent and, as ever, its not about the design replacing the content, but augmenting it and adding elements the surprise and delight, whilst reinforcing your message.

Try it!