

You can select Use Destination Theme and Embed Workbook, Keep Source Formatting & Embed Workbook, Keep Source Formatting & Link Data, Use Destination Theme & Link Data or Picture.


It’s best to break links in a copy of the presentation. If you add a lot of linked Excel charts in a PowerPoint deck, it will increase the size of the PowerPoint file so you may want to break the links when the presentation is finalized if you need to reduce the size of your PowerPoint file.

The PowerPoint presentation (destination file) stores only the location of the source file and displays a representation of the linked chart. Linked charts are stored in the source Excel file. If you embed an Excel chart, the object can be edited in PowerPoint by double-clicking it but it is not linked to the original Excel file. If you link to an Excel chart, the Excel object displays in PowerPoint but can be updated when you open the file or by managing links. You can insert or copy and paste an Excel chart into PowerPoint as a linked object or embedded object. If you choose to link to an Excel chart, you can update the chart in PowerPoint when the Excel source file changes. You can insert linked or unlinked charts. It’s easy to insert an Excel chart or graph into PowerPoint by copying and pasting. Easily Insert Excel Charts or Graphs onto PowerPoint Slidesīy Avantix Learning Team | Updated February 17, 2021Īpplies to: Microsoft ® PowerPoint ® 2013, 2016, 2019 and 365, (Windows)
