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Get Rubus

Add Rubus to PowerPoint and Excel.

Needs Microsoft 365, Office 2024, or Mac PowerPoint 16.64 / Excel 16.24 and later. PowerPoint 2019 and 2021 bought once are not supported.

Three steps on your computer, about five minutes. Pick the computer and the app you'll use Rubus in — the steps below change to match.

Your computer

Your app

1Get Rubus

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You need: PowerPoint from Microsoft 365 (version 2208 or later) or PowerPoint 2024, and an internet connection — Rubus opens from app.rubuschart.com each time. PowerPoint 2019 and 2021 bought once are not supported.You need: Excel from Microsoft 365, or Excel 2021 and later, and an internet connection — Rubus opens from app.rubuschart.com each time.

  1. aDownload and unzipDownload Rubus-Windows.zip. Right-click it, choose Extract All, then Extract.Download Rubus-Windows.zip

You need: PowerPoint 16.64 or later (PowerPoint → About PowerPoint shows the version) and an internet connection — Rubus opens from app.rubuschart.com each time. Open PowerPoint once before adding Rubus.You need: Excel 16.24 or later (Excel → About Excel shows the version) and an internet connection — Rubus opens from app.rubuschart.com each time. Open Excel once before adding Rubus.

  1. aQuit PowerPointPress Cmd+Q in PowerPoint.Quit ExcelPress Cmd+Q in Excel. Closing the window is not enough.
  2. bOpen Terminal and paste this linePress Cmd+Space, type Terminal, press Return. Paste the line, then press Return. curl -fsSL https://app.rubuschart.com/add-mac.sh | bash It answers “Added to PowerPoint” — and to Excel, if Excel has been opened once. The Mac asks no questions this way.
Or download the zip
  1. Download Rubus-Mac.zip, double-click it, and open the Rubus folder.
  2. Double-click Add Rubus.command — If the Mac says Apple could not verify it, click Done. Then go to System Settings → Privacy & Security, scroll down, and click Open Anyway.

2Add it to Office

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  1. aDouble-click Add Rubus.cmdIf a blue box says “Windows protected your PC”, click More info, then Run anyway.
  2. bReopen PowerPointClose PowerPoint and open it again. The first time, click Home → Add-ins and pick Rubus under Developer Add-ins. After that, Rubus is on the Home tab.Reopen ExcelClose Excel and open it again. The first time, click Home → Add-ins and pick Rubus under Developer Add-ins. After that, Rubus is on the Home tab.Office 2021 or 2024? It's under Insert → My Add-ins → Developer Add-ins → Rubus → Add.
  1. aOpen PowerPointRubus is on the Home tab.Open ExcelRubus is on the Home tab.
Where Rubus appears A Rubus button at the right end of the Home tab. Click it and the Rubus pane opens on the right of your window, with the chart gallery and an example already loaded — so you can insert a chart before you have your own numbers ready.
Rubus isn't showing up

Don't see Rubus on the Home tab? Click Home → Add-ins and choose Rubus (on Windows it may be under Developer Add-ins). Using PowerPoint in a browser? Home → Add-ins → More Add-ins → My Add-ins → Upload My Add-in, and pick manifest.xml from either zip.

On a Mac, quit the app with Cmd+Q — closing the window is not enough — and open it again. If Terminal said “PowerPoint not found”, open PowerPoint once, quit it, and run the line again.
What this changes on your computer, and how to undo it

One small file, manifest.xml, that tells Office where Rubus lives. Rubus itself runs from app.rubuschart.com and updates there, so there is nothing to reinstall. To undo it, double-click Remove Rubus from the same download — or, on a Mac, paste curl -fsSL https://app.rubuschart.com/remove-mac.sh | bash into Terminal. Charts you've already made stay in your files.

3Make your first chart

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  1. aPick a chartClick Rubus on the Home tab. A panel opens on the right. Click the chart you want, for example Column.
  2. bPut in your numbersNo numbers yet? Press Use example — a ready table loads and you can insert straight away.Copy a table in Excel, then press Paste in the pane. Or click Data window to type in a bigger table.Select your range in the sheet and press Link — the chart follows those cells. Or copy the range and press Paste.
  3. cPress InsertThe chart goes onto your slide. To change it later, click it on the slide, edit, and press Update.The chart goes onto your sheet. To change it later, click it, edit, and press Update.

That's it. Your first seven days are free and nothing is held back; after that Rubus is $7.30 a year. What's included · See how it works