The Paste Special dialog box offers two different options for pasting the Excel chart.
- Paste - This option is as simple as pasting the copied Excel chart into the PowerPoint presentation. This graphic will never change in the future if changes are made to the original Excel chart data. The Paste option is fine to use when you only need the chart for this one time only.
- Paste link - This option will also paste the copied chart into the PowerPoint presentation. The difference is that each time the Excel data is changed, the PowerPoint chart will reflect this new data. The Paste link option is the most useful choice and most commonly used. You will know that your presentation is always current with any new data changes to the Excel file.
