First step: Create a PowerPoint chart
In PowerPoint, create a new slide, set content layout to content in the Slide Layout task pane, and then switch to the Slide Design task pane to select an appropriate design template for your slides (this example is "rapturous").
Click the Insert Chart button in the slide body placeholder to enter the chart creation state, where you can fill in the data table directly with the data that you used to create the chart.
When you have completed, click anywhere outside the chart to complete the creation of the chart.
Tip: You can also import data from an existing Excel table when you create a chart. Select the edit → import file command to eject the Import File dialog box and automatically import data after the data file is selected.
Step two: Set the sequence animation for the chart
Select the chart you want to animate, switch to the Custom Animation task pane, click the Add Effect button, and select the Enter → more effects → gradient command from the menu that pops up.
After you click OK, click the drop-down arrow for gradient Chart 1 in the Custom Animation list, and select effect Options from the Drop-down menu.
In the Gradient dialog box that pops up, select the Chart Animation tab, then click the Drop-down button to the right of the combo list box and select the elements by sequence in the pop-up Drop-down list, as in Figure 4, you can preview the effect of the animation by clicking the OK button.
After previewing, you can further set properties such as the speed of the animation in the Custom Animation task pane to achieve perfect results.
Tip: A chart that you import by copying and pasting (or inserting an object) cannot be animated in PPT, and if you are ready to set up a sequence of charts, you must make a chart using the method of creating a chart directly in PPT.