RE: Creating a powerpoint presentation from MS-Excel

From: Shilps (Shilps_at_discussions.microsoft.com)
Date: 07/31/04

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    Actually, I want to create a powerpoint presenation, with all the formatting on the basis of data in Excel. I do not want to embed Excel sheet in Powerpoint. I know it has to be done through VBA but I am stuck where to start, how to do it. Could find nething in VB help also

    "K Dales" wrote:

    > If you just want a copy of the worksheet to be in the
    > presentation (and to automatically update so any changes
    > in the Excel file show in the presentation file) use (from
    > Powerpoint) Insert... Object... Microsoft Excel
    > Worksheet. Choose "Create from file" and specify the
    > Excel file and make sure the box marked "Link" is
    > checked. The link ensures that the latest copy of the
    > file is loaded whenever the presentation loads.
    >
    > However, if you need to use individual cell values and
    > insert them somewhere into the text of the presentation
    > (e.g. "Our margin in April was $200,000...") this would be
    > trickier and would require some pretty advanced VBA coding.
    >
    > >-----Original Message-----
    > >Hi,
    > >I have an excel sheet which keeps getting updated every
    > month. I need to create a powerpoint presentation based on
    > the data captured in this sheet. Is there any method of
    > doing it?
    > >TIA
    > >Shilps
    > >.
    > >
    >


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