Chapter 12Exporting Your Charts for Use Outside of Excel
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Figure 12.1
Copying and pasting
is the simplest
method for getting a
chart from Excel to
PowerPoint.
Copying a Chart as a Live Chart Linked to a Copy of the Original Workbook
The problem with a straight copy and paste is that the PowerPoint slide and the original
Excel workbook must remain on the same computer in order to maintain the link. If you
plan on distributing the PowerPoint file to others, you can copy the chart along with the
entire workbook.
To copy the chart, you follow these steps:
1.Open both PowerPoint and Excel.
2.In Excel, click the chart.
3.Press Ctrl+C or click the Copy icon ...
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