I inherited a Powerpoint presentation that requires updating. Upon
double-clicking a slide I see that it is linked to an excel file (which is
long gone.) I have a new excel file with which I would like to replace the
'long gone' one. I attempted to "change source" under "edit", "links", but
that doesn't appear to work. I attempted to "insert", "object", "existing
file" and the new file appears in the linked file list, but does not replace
the old file in the slide I am working with.
I am assuming that once I successfully link my spreadsheet to my slide, that
the slide will automatically be updated upon changes made to the excel file.
In article <9E8E7906-D6A0-44FE-88E6-DC50163F2F47@microsoft.com>, Rs wrote:
> I inherited a Powerpoint presentation that requires updating. Upon
> double-clicking a slide I see that it is linked to an excel file (which is
> long gone.) I have a new excel file with which I would like to replace the
> 'long gone' one. I attempted to "change source" under "edit", "links", but
> that doesn't appear to work. I attempted to "insert", "object", "existing
> file" and the new file appears in the linked file list, but does not replace
> the old file in the slide I am working with.
> I am assuming that once I successfully link my spreadsheet to my slide, that
> the slide will automatically be updated upon changes made to the excel file.
> In article <9E8E7906-D6A0-44FE-88E6-DC50163F2F47@microsoft.com>, Rs wrote:
> > I inherited a Powerpoint presentation that requires updating. Upon
> > double-clicking a slide I see that it is linked to an excel file (which is
> > long gone.) I have a new excel file with which I would like to replace the
> > 'long gone' one. I attempted to "change source" under "edit", "links", but
> > that doesn't appear to work. I attempted to "insert", "object", "existing
> > file" and the new file appears in the linked file list, but does not replace
> > the old file in the slide I am working with.
> > I am assuming that once I successfully link my spreadsheet to my slide, that
> > the slide will automatically be updated upon changes made to the excel file.
>
> Here's some code that'll let you edit the link:
>
> Show me the link and let me edit it
> http://www.rdpslides.com/pptfaq/FAQ00433.htm
>
> Also have a look here:
>
> Linking information from Excel
> http://www.rdpslides.com/pptfaq/FAQ00593.htm
>
>
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