have a requirement to show an interactive scatter chart in Power Point from data stored in an Excel spreadsheet. Power Point and Excel files need to be in the same folder on a local machine and usable without an internet connection. I'm wondering if anyone has had a similar rewritten and, if yes, what was the approach and/or tools that you used?

I've researched using VBA but there are several examples and I'm wondering the most maintainable and user- friendly solution. Thx!

So, who wants to vouch for me to Soho House?

What’s a good Corp Dev headhunter? Looking to leave M&A strategy / PE DD type of work at manager level

I am trying to land a role as a human resources business partner and I'm wondering which certification would be the best for me going forward. Phr? Shrm? Thoughts? Thanks!

What days does your firm close for the holidays? Are you all working on January 2nd?

(I don't want to be a task master, but as an associate, I was expected to work a half day on the 24th, and a half day on the 31st. I'm closing the office 23rd and 26th this year, but currently listed as open on Jan. 2nd).

What policy changes are expected post LTI - Mindtree merger?

Can anyone please share the experience to allocate the project after joining. Experience in Java backend. Is there any tips to allocate project before joining or after joining. Thank you. @

I left Cognizant within 6 months of joining. Would I be eligible for rehire OR is there any policy in place that will restrict rehiring since I left early? Please let me know

What diwali gifts/goodies we can expect from cognizant this year?

Preferred reading -- FT or WSJ?

Fellow expats, how do you handle the holiday season in Singapore? There's no way I can go all the way back to the States for Christmas, and I'm already feeling the pangs of homesickness creeping in.

Makkaley, with the transportation reimbursement policy - chennai la enga venalum suthalam eh enna ? Illaa, verum office location pona Mattum dhan eligible eh?

Can I change my base location from Bangalore to Mumbai? I am having an offer from capgemini but it's from Bangalore, HR told me you can change your location later on,
So can I change my base location?

As an IT infrastructure i have been tagged un cognizant internal project to support the cognizant owned datacenters VMs and infrastructure.

Can anyone please tell me how is that project in terms of Career growth and learning??

Best places to stay in Newport, Rhode Island? Planning on going for Memorial Day weekend.

Hey all, I’ve recently joined EY consulting from another Big 4 and have noticed there’s no discipline (at least in my team) around codes and charging time. People either charge a standard 7 hrs or some will charge time spent on internal activities to their client code.

I was told that “the last person to charge their actual hours worked was promptly booted off the project”.
Just wondering:
1) Is this a general cultural point accross all Consulting teams? Will challengin this get me in trouble?

When you align objects, is there some way to “pin” down one object? Ex. I want to align object A to the center of object B, not the other way around.

My understanding is that it uses the larger object as the reference but wondering if you can swap that

Hi Everyone!
I’ve been asked to develop 4 slides that summarise a firm’s strategy but I won’t get the chance to present the deck. Does anyone have any tips on how to make great, concise slides? Thank you!

How do you add a column to the left side of a ppt table without resizing all the other columns?!

I am great at making PowerPoints. If anyone needs help making one let me know.

I have a gif that plays fine in normal view but doesn’t play in slide show view. Anyone know how to fix?
Am on Office 365

my powerpoint KEEPS CRASHING. it is so frustrating!!! i’m tried restarting the app, my computer - the control panel right click “change” trick ….. every time, it starts acting up again. i’ve lost so much work, time and energy fighting with my computer! please send your best tips!!

Anyone willing to share PowerPoint templates for BPI - P2P O2C R2R

Any PPT productivity plug-in recs (solo license)? Used Templafy (loved it) at my last firm, but they apparently only do Corp subscriptions. Looking for a good, affordable one I can get expensed at my new firm that has no plug-in.

Had feedback our decks are not the most attractive, what are you seeing that stands out?
(For context we look very similar to typical T2 consulting at the moment )

Anyone know if you can paste a text box as a placeholder in Slide Master?

Is there any way to paste slides from one deck to another with out bringing in the corresponding slide master.

Does anyone know how to avoid the line break when pasting text in PPT? Usually happens when working with tables, but ran into the issue with a text box today too. Annoying to go in and backspace each time.

Looking for recommendations for advanced slide design training. Trying to take my presentations to the next level at work.

Hey how do you add a diagram to a slide that is very wide and has a lot of detail? I don’t want to break it up into different slides but it’s huge. Any suggestions

Select an item -> select a box -> ctrl + shift and drag. Creates aligned copies

Does anyone know of any other programs that convert complex ppt decks to new master formats? The only one I've found is UpSlide. Thanks!

How does everyone manage updating PowerPoint decks. How do you indicate which slides still need updated or reformatted versus which ones are done?

Pasted a list from excel to PowerPoint however when I try to make them bullets, PowerPoint reads it as a group of text (only puts a bullet for the first line). Can manually delete and press enter for each line to get a bullet but curious if anyone has a quicker solution?