excel data to a powerpoint slide.

[bjessome]

IN windows you can link xl sheet data to a PPT slide and when you
change the original sheet it reflects in the slide.

Why is it that when you try the same thing in OFF2004 it inserts an
embedded object that can be manipulated but in word it just links as
usual?

Why is that?

On
http://www.microsoft.com/mac/produc...y/how_to_articles/office2004/of_shareinfo.xml
it states that you can but it will not.

 

[CyberTaz]

See the inserts below:

IN windows you can link xl sheet data to a PPT slide and when you
change the original sheet it reflects in the slide.

This is true & can be done on the Mac as well.

Why is it that when you try the same thing in OFF2004 it inserts an
embedded object that can be manipulated but in word it just links as
usual?

I'm afraid I have no idea what this means. You'll need to provide more
detail about how you're going about it, what you expect the result to be and
what is happening instead. Where Word comes in to play makes no basis for
comparison unless you specify exactly *what* you perceive the difference to
be.

Why is that?

On
http://www.microsoft.com/mac/produc...y/how_to_articles/office2004/of_shareinfo.xml
it states that you can but it will not.

AFAIK the procedure works as described, but without details on what you're
finding to be different it's impossible to offer an explanation, an
alternative or a solution.

 

[Steve Rindsberg]

IN windows you can link xl sheet data to a PPT slide and when you
change the original sheet it reflects in the slide.

Why is it that when you try the same thing in OFF2004 it inserts an
embedded object that can be manipulated but in word it just links as
usual?

Why is that?

On http://www.microsoft.com/mac/produc...ng.aspx?pid=usingpowerpoint2004&type=howto&ar
ticle=/mac/library/how_to_articles/office2004/of_shareinfo.xml
it states that you can but it will not.

You're correct, the web site is wrong. There's no Link option in the Paste Special dialog box,
though the web page says there will be. Without that option, I don't know of any way to link rather
than embed spreadsheets.

I don't know why it would work in Word but not in PowerPoint (other than that PowerPoint is the least
favored of the Office children in many ways ... it seems to get less attention than the others.)

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Steve Rindsberg, PPT MVP
PPT FAQ: www.pptfaq.com
PPTools: www.pptools.com
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[CyberTaz]

My apologies - I was going somewhat from [obviously poor] recollection. PPt
Mac does for some ludicrous reason omit the Linking option & I was confusing
it with Linking through the Insert> Chart method.

Regards |:>)
Bob Jones
[MVP] Office:Mac

 

[atlanticH2]

Is there any indication whether Microsoft will add this feature to
Powerpoint in Office 2008?

 

[CyberTaz]

I've not seen anything that specific on any of the 2008 suite... But then
again I haven't really looked

The most reliable source of info on 2008 is Mactopia and the MacMojo blog:

http://www.microsoft.com/mac/

http://blogs.msdn.com/macmojo/

These are the only official sources at the present time.

Regards |:>)
Bob Jones
[MVP] Office:Mac