Charts for PowerPoint and Google Slides, drawn as native shapes
Deckcell draws 16 chart types, including waterfall, Mekko, Gantt, Pareto and butterfly charts, as native shapes in PowerPoint and Google Slides. Paste your numbers into a datasheet; the chart keeps its data, so you can select it later and edit it.
Last updated 24 October 2026
All 16 chart types
Every chart on this page was drawn by Deckcell from its default datasheet.
The details that take longest by hand
Options you’d otherwise draw with lines and text boxes, and redo every time the numbers change.
CAGR arrows and difference arrows
Show the growth rate or the change between any two columns. They move when the data does.
Totals and inside labels
Totals sit above stacks. Labels that don’t fit inside a segment hide instead of overlapping.
Labels at the end of the chart
Series names beside the last column or line, as consultants draw them, or a legend if you prefer.
Value and target lines
Dashed reference lines for a target, average or budget, with a label.
Axis, gridlines and a secondary axis
Off by default for a clean look, on when the audience needs to read values.
Highlight
Emphasise one series or category and grey out the rest.
Same scale
Put several charts on one scale so bars compare across charts at a glance.
Axis breaks, error bars and data tables
Cut one very tall bar, show ranges, or put the values in a table under the chart.
Number formats
Decimals, prefixes, suffixes and thousands or millions per chart, and one decimal symbol for the whole deck.
Colours per series
Pick any series colour, or let the brand style file decide.
Tables, process flows and smart elements
The other things that end up next to a chart, with the same datasheet behind them.
Data-driven tables
Type (75) for a Harvey ball, [x] for a checkbox or (green) for a traffic-light dot in any cell, and the table draws them. Striped rows optional.
Process flows
Chevrons or pentagons, one per row of the datasheet, with any step highlighted.
Frequently asked questions
Are the charts images or real PowerPoint shapes?
Real shapes. Bars, labels, lines, axes and legends are native PowerPoint or Google Slides shapes, grouped together. Curved areas such as pie wedges and area fills are one picture placed behind them, because add-in APIs can’t draw free-form paths. The chart’s data is stored with the group, so selecting it reopens the datasheet.
Can I paste data from Excel or Google Sheets?
Yes. Paste a block of cells into the datasheet, or import CSV or JSON. To keep the chart in step with a workbook, use an Excel link.
Can I use my company’s colours?
Yes. Load a style file with your brand colours, font, and positive and negative colours, or pick colours per series. There are also four built-in palettes.
How many chart types are there?
16: stacked, clustered, 100%, line, area, area 100%, combination, Pareto, butterfly, waterfall, Mekko, pie, doughnut, scatter, bubble and Gantt. The column types also come as bars.
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