How to visualize calendar dates (in Keynote? Or Numbers?)

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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.

Best Answer

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.

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