How do I insert an existing Excel file into PowerPoint? in PowerPoint General Questions    |   |  Help   Search For:     In:   Office   PowerPoint     PowerPoint General Questions              EmComp 4/12/2005 7:57 AM PST   Question   I am preparing a PowerPoint presentation and am trying to insert an existing Excel file as a slide. The Excel file includes two graphs. I tried copy and paste, but the data is a mess when pasted over to Power Point.     Was this post helpful to you?         Reply |   Top           Rich 4/12/2005 9:13 AM PST   Answer   Try this. Copy the Excel file then go to the PPT file and use EDIT > PASTE SPECIAL Select the Microsoft Office Excel Worksheet Object "EmComp" wrote: > I am preparing a PowerPoint presentation and am trying to insert an existing > Excel file as a slide. The Excel file includes two graphs. I tried copy and > paste, but the data is a mess when pasted over to Power Point.     Was this post helpful to you?         Reply |   Top           EmComp 4/12/2005 10:23 AM PST   Rich - Thank you! I've been struggling with this for hours. Your suggestion worked perfectly. Thanks again. "Rich" wrote: > Try this. Copy the Excel file then go to the PPT file and use EDIT > PASTE > SPECIAL Select the Microsoft Office Excel Worksheet Object > > "EmComp" wrote: > > > I am preparing a PowerPoint presentation and am trying to insert an existing > > Excel file as a slide. The Excel file includes two graphs. I tried copy and > > paste, but the data is a mess when pasted over to Power Point.     Was this post helpful to you?         Reply |   Top           tlshields 6/4/2008 2:01 PM PST   This was so helpful. I too was struggling for hours trying all the different help tools but none of them explained it how you did. It worked! Thanks "Rich" wrote: > Try this. Copy the Excel file then go to the PPT file and use EDIT > PASTE > SPECIAL Select the Microsoft Office Excel Worksheet Object > > "EmComp" wrote: > > > I am preparing a PowerPoint presentation and am trying to insert an existing > > Excel file as a slide. The Excel file includes two graphs. I tried copy and > > paste, but the data is a mess when pasted over to Power Point.     Was this post helpful to you?         Reply |   Top           Dawn 7/16/2008 8:31 AM PST   I am trying to insert part of an excel worksheet in PPT. When I past special the entire worksheet is copied over. I want to only paste what is needed from the sheet. Any suggestions? Also, once the specific data is pasted and I double-click to edit, the entire worksheet appears again. Got any ideas?? "Rich" wrote: > Try this. Copy the Excel file then go to the PPT file and use EDIT > PASTE > SPECIAL Select the Microsoft Office Excel Worksheet Object > > "EmComp" wrote: > > > I am preparing a PowerPoint presentation and am trying to insert an existing > > Excel file as a slide. The Excel file includes two graphs. I tried copy and > > paste, but the data is a mess when pasted over to Power Point.     Was this post helpful to you?         Reply |   Top           Steve Rindsberg 7/16/2008 11:30 AM PST   In article <962F5927-8565-4C03-A285-559110CBA8A6@microsoft.com>, Dawn wrote: > I am trying to insert part of an excel worksheet in PPT. When I past special > the entire worksheet is copied over. I want to only paste what is needed from > the sheet. > Any suggestions? Also, once the specific data is pasted and I double-click > to edit, the entire worksheet appears again. Got any ideas?? That's the way embedded or linked spreadsheets are *supposed* to work. A few options: If you need the information to remain editable: Select just the information you want to share then copy/paste it into a new workbook. Copy/Paste (optionally link) the information from there into PPT. Otherwise: Copy from Excel and Paste Special into PPT as WMF, EMF or PNG. Or Select the information in Excel, hold down the Shift key and choose Edit, Copy as Picture before pasting into PPT. ----------------------------------------- Steve Rindsberg, PPT MVP PPT FAQ: www.pptfaq.com PPTools: www.pptools.com ================================================ Living in the Help Center at PowerPoint Live Sept 21-24, San Diego CA, USA www.pptlive.com     Was this post helpful to you?         Reply |   Top           Muru 8/27/2009 1:40 AM PST   I have pasted as you suggested below. But when on running the slide show when clicked the excel it is not opening . Pls advise how to proceed further. "Rich" wrote: > Try this. Copy the Excel file then go to the PPT file and use EDIT > PASTE > SPECIAL Select the Microsoft Office Excel Worksheet Object > > "EmComp" wrote: > > > I am preparing a PowerPoint presentation and am trying to insert an existing > > Excel file as a slide. The Excel file includes two graphs. I tried copy and > > paste, but the data is a mess when pasted over to Power Point.     Was this post helpful to you?         Reply |   Top           Michael Koerner 8/27/2009 4:13 AM PST   Always a good idea to tell us which version of PowerPoint your using. Have a look here and see if this helps. Linking or copying information/content/charts/worksheets from Excel to PowerPoint http://www.pptfaq.com/FAQ00593.htm -- Michael Koerner MS MVP - PowerPoint "Muru" <Muru@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message news:7B744935-70B6-4172-A68C-40396DC8D134@microsoft.com... I have pasted as you suggested below. But when on running the slide show when clicked the excel it is not opening . Pls advise how to proceed further. "Rich" wrote: > Try this. Copy the Excel file then go to the PPT file and use EDIT > > PASTE > SPECIAL Select the Microsoft Office Excel Worksheet Object > > "EmComp" wrote: > > > I am preparing a PowerPoint presentation and am trying to insert an > > existing > > Excel file as a slide. The Excel file includes two graphs. I tried > > copy and > > paste, but the data is a mess when pasted over to Power Point.     Was this post helpful to you?         Reply |   Top           Echo S 8/27/2009 7:45 AM PST   Are you asking how to open and edit the Excel file during a presentation? That's a completely different set of steps. If that's what you're after, holler back and I (or someone) will post instrux. -- Echo [MS PPT MVP] http://www.echosvoice.com What's new in PPT 2007? http://www.echosvoice.com/2007.htm Fixing PowerPoint Annoyances http://tinyurl.com/36grcd PowerPoint 2007 Complete Makeover Kit http://tinyurl.com/32a7nx Don't Miss the PPTLive User Conference! Atlanta | Oct 11-14 "Muru" <Muru@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message news:7B744935-70B6-4172-A68C-40396DC8D134@microsoft.com... >I have pasted as you suggested below. But when on running the slide show >when > clicked the excel it is not opening . Pls advise how to proceed further. > > "Rich" wrote: > >> Try this. Copy the Excel file then go to the PPT file and use EDIT > >> PASTE >> SPECIAL Select the Microsoft Office Excel Worksheet Object >> >> "EmComp" wrote: >> >> > I am preparing a PowerPoint presentation and am trying to insert an >> > existing >> > Excel file as a slide. The Excel file includes two graphs. I tried >> > copy and >> > paste, but the data is a mess when pasted over to Power Point.     Was this post helpful to you?         Reply |   Top           Rich 4/14/2005 9:08 AM PST   Porting data from Excel to PowerPoint is a common task. After all, PowerPoint can’t even total a column of numbers. If you do this often working with many different xls and ppt files, you should check out a try-before-you-buy tool at www.xpport.com. It can port a multi-page spreadsheet to multiple slides in one step or even your entire workbook. Rich EmComp Wrote: > I am preparing a PowerPoint presentation and am trying to insert an > existing > Excel file as a slide. The Excel file includes two graphs. I tried > copy and > paste, but the data is a mess when pasted over to Power Point. -- Rich     Was this post helpful to you?         Reply |   Top         Return to Microsoft Communities   Notify me of replies