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The term "multimedia" is often associated with video or photography, but another way to use multimedia in the classroom is to convert a table of figures into some type of chart. Not only is a chart often more "exciting" to look at, but can often show relationships much more clearly than a set of numbers can.

There are actually a variety of tools which can be used to create charts and Lynda.com has information on more than a few of them including:

* Microsoft Excel
Excel 2007 Essential Training (Ch 19)
Excel 2010 Essential Training (Ch 12)
Excel 2008 for Mac Essential Training (Ch 8)

* Numbers (iWork)
Numbers '09 Essential Training (Ch 6)
Numbers '08 Essential Training (Ch 6)

* PowerPoint
PowerPoint 2010 Essential Training (Ch 4)
PowerPoint 2007 Essential Training (Ch 8)
PowerPoint 2003 Essential Training (Ch 4)
PowerPoint 2008 for Mac Essential Training (Ch 8)

* Keynote (iWork)
Keynote '09 Essential Training (Ch 5)
keynote '08 Essential Training (Ch 5)

* Adobe Illustrator (including import of Excel data)
Illustrator CS4 Beyond the Basics (Ch 12)

This isn't a complete list since other database (Microsoft Access/FileMaker), graphics and data analysis programs include charting options, but hopefully this will give you the idea of what's available.