## FusionCharts in PowerPoint Presentations
When we speak about Microsoft Powerpoint presentations, the first thing that comes to our mind is animated slides with visually pleasing content, making an impressive impact on the end viewers. However, when it comes to embedding charts in PowerPoint presentations (which a majority of presentations have), most of the users either succumb to boring Excel charts or simple image charts generated by tools. If the slides and contents of your presentation are animated and slick looking, why compromise on the charts? The good news is that FusionCharts charts can easily be embedded in your MicroSoft Powerpoint presentations, thereby delivering a better impact on the end users. Before we delve into the processes involved in embedding FusionCharts in your presentations, let's first have a look at the requirements for the same.
Requirements
To embed FusionCharts charts in PowerPoint, all you need is Microsoft PowerPoint and Shockwave Flash ActiveX component installed on your machine. Shockwave Flash Active X component has been created by Macromedia (now Adobe) that allows its content to run in Microsoft Internet Explorer. If you don't have it (and if the machine on which you want to present doesn't have it), it's not going to work. The Microsoft ActiveX component for Shockwave Flash has been shipping on Microsoft Windows platforms since Windows 98, and it has been an integral part of the Internet Explorer install routine since IE 4.0. So, it's fairly safe to assume that you have it. But its always safe to download a copy of it from http://www.macromedia.com/shockwave/download/download.cgi?P1_Prod_Version=ShockwaveFlash