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Add an Excel Chart to Your PowerPoint Presentation

By Wendy Russell, About.com

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Open the File Containing the Excel Chart

Excel chart data for PowerPoint slide

Excel chart data for PowerPoint slide

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Excel Chart and Data

Charts can add a little extra punch to your PowerPoint presentation instead of listing bullet points of data. Any chart created in Excel can be copied and pasted into your PowerPoint presentation. There is no need to recreate the chart in PowerPoint. The added bonus is that you can have the chart in your PowerPoint presentation update with any changes made to the Excel data.

  1. Open the Excel file containing the chart you wish to copy.
  2. Right click on the Excel chart and choose Copy from the shortcut menu.

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