Chart Creation in PowerPoint: 15 reasons why empower® is the modern solution.
The modern Charting Software - Highlights
1. Chart Converter for Seamless Transitions
Easily switch from other charting tools to empower®. Existing charts can be imported with a single click and are ready to use immediately.
2. Clear Navigation Menu for Quick Orientation
The intuitive interface makes empower® easy to use - for both new and experienced users. No more hunting for functions - just start working productively right away.
3. All Essential Chart Types
Whether waterfall, column/bar, line, Mekko, or scatter plots - empower® includes all the key chart types, along with smart add-ons like arrows, lines, and breaks.
4. Flexible Gantt Charts for modern Workflows
Create project plans with ease - linked to Excel if desired. Collapsible phases and a clean design keep even complex schedules organized.
5. Stable and dynamic Excel linking
empower® creates stable links between PowerPoint and Excel - even if the files are moved to a different location.
6. Dynamic Charts and Tables
When Excel data changes, all linked charts and tables update automatically. Your reports always stay current.
7. Link Tables and Text Boxes
Tables and text boxes can also be linked to Excel. Partial linking allows you to select specific columns without needing to reorganize data in Excel.
8. Professional Excel Link Manager
Stay in control: The professional Link Manager displays the status of all links, the location of connected files, update notifications, and allows bulk updates.
9. Automatic Color Management
Import colors from Excel, highlight negative values, define data series - all with just a few clicks.
empower® goes well beyond PowerPoint charts
10. empower® AI: Slides that build themselves
The integrated AI automatically creates brand-compliant slides - based on your corporate templates and securely powered by Azure OpenAI.
11. Automatically generated presentations
A built-in assistant walks users through a streamlined form to define objectives, structure, and content. Based on these inputs, empower® automatically generates presentations of any complexity - well-structured, professional, and aligned with your brand.
12. Slide and Design Library
All templates, content, icons, and images are instantly accessible through a library built right into PowerPoint. No searching, no waiting - just uninterrupted productivity.
13. Layout Tools for Formatting
With over 50 layout tools, formatting becomes effortless. Align, match, adjust, swap, and more - intuitively, quickly, and precisely.
14. Design and Consistency Check
empower® automatically checks presentations for extra spaces, prohibited terms, and formatting inconsistencies - ensuring a polished, professional result.
15. Automatic Agenda Creation
The empower® Agenda Wizard creates professional agendas in seconds - including title slides and follow-up pages. Edits to agenda topics can be made centrally, and all related slides update automatically with consistent design.
Why Leading Companies Choose empower®
The All-in-One Suite for Creating Presentations and Documents
empower® seamlessly integrates with Word, Outlook, and Excel when needed. It combines AI, automation, content management, and branding into a modern workspace for documents and presentations - bringing together productivity and brand consistency. This significantly reduces the number of add-ins, licensing costs, and IT overhead, while making users much more productive.
Enterprise-Grade, Low-Maintenance Software
Professional Trial Period
During the trial phase, the empower® team supports you with hands-on training, Q&A sessions, feedback, and performance analysis. It’s completely free and tailored to real-world use - so your decision is based on facts, not assumptions.
Expert Onboarding and Excellent Support
Once you sign on, empower® ensures a smooth start with training, dedicated support, and optional direct assistance - including report and template conversion. Your team becomes productive from day one.
Simple, Scalable, and Cost-Efficient Purchasing and Licensing
empower® offers attractive pricing to help reduce your annual licensing costs. You also benefit from a generous license buffer that accounts for staff turnover and unexpected growth. An optional company-wide license boosts productivity across departments while delivering long-term budget stability.

Challenge
For years, Bayer used a different charting software. However, costs kept rising, and eventually, over 6,000 users required licenses. Bayer sought a solution that would ensure both brand consistency and efficiency - available to all employees without additional costs.
Process
Bayer conducted an in-depth proof of concept to evaluate empower® as an alternative. Users were able to confirm that all essential charting features were available and that existing charts could be converted smoothly. In the end, more than 95% of users were convinced and switched to empower® after the previous license expired - only a few remained on the old software.
Result
Bayer has been using empower® successfully for many years. The switch has saved the company millions in licensing and administrative costs. The need for efficient chart creation remains high, and empower® continues to be widely used and valued by its users.

Challenge
DHL Post & Paket needed a scalable, cost-effective solution for creating charts in PowerPoint. In addition to the high licensing costs of their previous software, license management proved to be especially burdensome: every year, the actual license requirement had to be reassessed - involving an external service provider and weeks of coordination.
Process
Following an extensive testing phase involving numerous users, DHL Post & Paket selected empower® as the company-wide add-in for PowerPoint charting. Implementation was swift and rolled out across the organization to around 24,000 users under an enterprise license.
Result
Mit der Einführung der With the empower® enterprise license, the complex annual license management process was eliminated. All 24,000 users were centrally equipped with the software, increasing overall productivity, reducing annual license costs, and streamlining administrative processes.
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Challenge
BROSE had been using a different charting software with over 1,000 users. Although all licenses were technically needed, the company was forced to reduce the number due to high costs. As a result, many users had to rely solely on PowerPoint’s basic charting features.
Process
After a thorough evaluation, BROSE rolled out empower® to all 16,000 employees. A cost-effective enterprise license ensured that the solution remained affordable and scalable in the long term.
Result
The company now saves significantly on annual licensing costs while still providing all employees with access to professional charting tools. This supports BROSE’s broader IT strategy: keeping expenses predictable while meeting the demands of a modern digital workplace.
Challenge
Grünenthal was looking for a cost-effective alternative to their existing PowerPoint charting software - one that would also reduce the high maintenance effort caused by frequent Microsoft 365 updates.
Process
Grünenthal conducted a thorough evaluation of empower®. The management adopted the stance that switching would remain a good idea unless proven otherwise. Since no compelling argument against the switch was found, the transition moved forward.
Result
Today, Grünenthal uses empower® as its central charting add-in in PowerPoint. Because it operates independently of Office program code, the IT team faces minimal update effort - while enjoying predictable licensing costs.
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The best alternative to the Microsoft SharePoint slide library
SharePoint is often used for slide management in companies. However, with SharePoint 2013, Microsoft abolished the slide library component because of poor customer adoption. SharePoint’s slide library integrated clumsily with the slide library in PowerPoint, its search was insufficient search, and it was unstable. The slide library of empower® solves all those problems. It completely replaces your SharePoint slide library and offers further advantages for you.
Efficient slide library without SharePoint
Make all your PowerPoint content available to the entire company in the empower® slide library. Share existing content and strengthen collaboration across the organization. Enhance your brand communication by embedding your design guidelines directly into PowerPoint. Deliver all your brand assets directly in PowerPoint. At the same time, you and your colleagues can work more productively and save time for the really important tasks.
empower® for Microsoft Teams
empower® also directly integrates with Microsoft Teams. People can browse the empower® Library or chat with the empower® Bot to find and open slides directly inside MS Teams.
Over 3 million people already trust empower® to create professional Office documents.