Hy does PowerPoint not update with Excel spreadsheet/

[Martin Rep]

In my PowerPoint Presentation (12.1.2), I want the results displayed of a
tournament I am organizing.
So I copy a row with data from my Excel spreadsheet, and with Paste SpecialŠ
and Paste Link I have the results displayed in my presentation. So far so
good.
However, when the results of a player during the tournament changes (this is
what happens in tournaments), the presentation does not change to show the
new value.
What am I doing wrong?

 

[CyberTaz]

Well, first of all you'll have to explain where you're finding a Paste Link
command in PPt 2008 - the program doesn't support Object Linking for
anything other than pictures. There's nothing in the Paste Special dialog
that provides a Link option.

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

 

[Jim Gordon MVP]

Well, first of all you'll have to explain where you're finding a Paste Link
command in PPt 2008 - the program doesn't support Object Linking for
anything other than pictures. There's nothing in the Paste Special dialog
that provides a Link option.

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

Hi

Bob is correct.

Also, please visit this link:
How to link Excel data with a graph in Word or PowerPoint
http://www.agentjim.com/MVP/linkgraph.htm

-Jim

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[Martin Rep]

Hi

Well, first of all you'll have to explain where you're finding a Paste Link
command in PPt 2008 - the program doesn't support Object Linking for
anything other than pictures. There's nothing in the Paste Special dialog
that provides a Link option.

You are right about that, cannot find it. I hoped I was looking in the wrong
pace, since the Windows version of PowerPoint does support thisŠ

 

[Abby]

If there isn't an ability to link excel data in the Powerpoint 2008 version, is there an equivalent?
I often need to link a data table from excel into my powerpoint presentations. As you mentioned, I cannot find a way to link them as I have always done in previous versions of the software. Why would this capability be removed? Has it been replaced with something we can use instead?

 

[Jim Gordon MVP]

If there isn't an ability to link excel data in the Powerpoint 2008 version, is there an equivalent?
I often need to link a data table from excel into my powerpoint presentations. As you mentioned, I cannot find a way to link them as I have always done in previous versions of the software. Why would this capability be removed? Has it been replaced with something we can use instead?

Hi,

Please see this URL:
http://www.agentjim.com/MVP/linkgraph.htm

-Jim

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Mac MVP


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