Important: The linked object in your presentation displays all data from the active, top worksheet in the linked Excel workbook. Keep Text Only to copy all the data as a single text boxĬopy an Excel chart to another Office program Picture to copy the data as a picture that can't be edited in Excel Keep Source Formatting to copy the Excel data as a PowerPoint table, using the format of the worksheetĮmbed to copy the data as information that can be edited in Excel later Use Destination Styles to copy the data as a PowerPoint table, using the format of the presentation Move the mouse pointer over each Paste option to see a preview of what it would look like. Under Paste Options, pick one of the following. On the Home tab, in the Clipboard group, click the arrow below Paste. In Excel, open the workbook with the data you want to copy.ĭrag over the area of data you want to copy, and on the Home tab, click or tap Copy. The worksheet does not send automatic updates to PowerPoint. You copy the data from an Excel worksheet and paste it into your presentation. In this case, the Excel data will not be linked to your PowerPoint presentation. In PowerPoint, right-click the data and select Update Link.Ĭopy and paste (unlinked) Excel data in PowerPoint In the Paste Special box, click Paste link, and then, under As, select Microsoft Excel Worksheet Object.Īfter you've used one of the methods described above to insert linked Excel data into a presentation, then refreshing the presentation to stay up to date with data changes is easy to do: On the Home tab, click the arrow below Paste, and select Paste Special. In PowerPoint, click the slide where you want to paste the copied worksheet data. In Excel, open the saved workbook with the data you want to insert and link to.ĭrag over the area of data you want to link to in PowerPoint, and on the Home tab, click or tap Copy. Link a section of data in Excel to PowerPoint

When you save the Excel workbook, make sure the worksheet you want in your presentation is the one you see when you first open the workbook. Important: The linked object in your presentation displays all the data from the active, top worksheet in the linked Excel workbook.

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