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MEKKO GRAPHICS 7 PREVIEWDavid GoldsteinPresident, Mekko GraphicsJune 16, 2015
Introduction• Mekko Graphics 7 will be released in late June or early
July• New features include:
• Switch rows and columns in spreadsheet• Improved legend placement and formatting• Show both segment value and percent• Place all chart labels as option (and set to default)
• This webinar:• Previews these features• Answers your questions• Provides links to other resources
• Webinar audience:• Experienced Mekko Graphics users who want to learn about our
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Switch Rows/Columns In Action
Legend Placement In Action
Segment Value & Percent In Action
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Number of $B Start-ups by Region and Industry
United States
Hardware 4 (6%)
Consumer Internet 10 (15%)
Software 28 (43%)
Ecommerce 7 (11%)
Financial Services 3 (5%)
Other 13 (20%)
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Europe
Consumer Internet 4 (40%)
Ecommerce 3 (30%)
Financial Services 3 (30%)
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Asia
Hardware 2 (9%)
Consumer Internet 6 (27%)
Software 2 (9%)
Ecommerce 9 (41%)
Financial Services 3 (14%)
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Label Handling Improvements
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Switch Rows/Columns Function• Function available in Chart Data spreadsheet• Works for all Marimekko, Stacked Bar, Cascade, Area and Line Charts
• Treats rows in spreadsheet as bars and columns as series
• Use cases:• Quickly see what chart looks like with bars/series reversed• When used with Link to Excel, Excel data range can have
rows/columns reversed and chart will still update correctly when Excel data changes
• Note: Chart data spreadsheet is unchanged when rows/columns switched• To reverse data in spreadsheet, use Paste Special Transpose
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Legend Placement Improvements• Function available in Format section of Ribbon and in
Format Legend Task Pane• Works for all charts, except Gantt• Can easily move legend to:
• Bottom of chart• Top of chart• Right of chart• Align legend with CAGR column• Drag legend to custom position
• Resize legend box to make legend multiple rows or columns
• Use cases:• Longer series names or many small segments• Move legend to fit in white space of chart
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Show Segment Value & Percent Function
• Function available in Labels section of Ribbon and in Format Chart Task Pane
• Works for all charts, except Gantt• Most useful for bar and cascade charts
• Show segment value and/or segment percent• Calculate percentage based on total or custom value for
each bar• Place value and percent on new separate lines
• Use cases:• Show value and percent for each market segment• Show percent of target and instead of percent of bar total
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Next Steps• Questions
• Use chat or email [email protected] or [email protected]
• More resources• Videos on web site
• Introduction to Mekko Graphics (90 minutes)• Short tutorials (under 5 minutes)
• Chart gallery• Many examples of each chart type• Update coming soon
• Chart of the Week blog• Via email, LinkedIn, Twitter, or web
• This video and slide deck will be posted within 24 hours
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