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Working with Microsoft Excel: Insert Excel Spreadsheet in PowerPoint

Many times, you can manage with a table within PowerPoint instead of an actual Excel spreadsheet. This is especially true when you want your table content to have a consistent look and feel with the rest of your slide. However, tables are dumb, and they cannot work with formulas or even do the most basic functions that Excel provides. So, there may be times when you would want a real Excel spreadsheet within your slides rather than a table.

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Insert Excel Spreadsheet in PowerPoint 2013

Tutorial Code: 17 01 02
Previous: 17 01 01 Using Excel and PowerPoint Together
Next: 17 01 03 Link to Excel Cells and Ranges in PowerPoint

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Tagged as: 17-01, PowerPoint Tutorials, Working with Microsoft Excel, Working with Other Programs

Working with Microsoft Excel: Guidelines: Using Excel and PowerPoint Together

If any two programs were meant to work together in the Microsoft Office suite, they have to be Excel and PowerPoint. Almost everyone who works with Excel has to use PowerPoint to present data and charts to an audience, or even create their business reports in PowerPoint. On the other hand, all PowerPoint charts are essentially created by Excel, even if many of you may not be aware of this fact.

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Guidelines: Using Excel and PowerPoint Together

Tutorial Code: 17 01 01
Previous: 16 14 01 PowerPoint to EXE: Complete Series
Next: 17 01 02 Insert Excel Spreadsheet in PowerPoint

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PowerPoint Chart Types: Radar Chart Type in PowerPoint

Radar charts compare aggregate values of several data series.

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Radar Chart Type in PowerPoint

Tutorial Code: 10 14 12
Previous: 10 14 11 Bubble Chart Type in PowerPoint
Next: 10 14 13 Harvey Balls in PowerPoint

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Tagged as: 10-14, Charts and Graphs, PowerPoint Chart Types, PowerPoint Tutorials

PowerPoint to EXE: Complete Series

PowerPoint includes the Package for CD feature, which we’ll use with a cool and undocumented Windows utility to create a standalone EXE file from PPT or PPTX presentations that can play on any system with Windows XP, Vista, or higher installed.

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Convert PowerPoint to EXE – 1. Create a Packaged Folder

Convert PowerPoint to EXE – 2. Get Started with IExpress

Convert PowerPoint to EXE – 3. Getting Ahead with IExpress

Convert PowerPoint to EXE – 4. Creating the EXE

Tutorial Code: 16 14 01
Previous: 16 13 01 Convert PowerPoint to Flash Manually
Next: 17 01 01 Using Excel and PowerPoint Together

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Tagged as: 16-14, PowerPoint to EXE, PowerPoint Tutorials, Share and Prepare

Ten Tips for Cool PowerPoint Charts: Reverse Engineer Charts

Imitation is the best form of flattery, and that motto will help you create charts that are so much better! Before we proceed, let us discuss whether imitation is stealing. The answer to that question is that you must only look at imitation as a source of inspiration. And make sure that you leave your own imprint on whatever you create. You can do so by investigating the chart content well, making changes that work for you, and improvizing all the time.

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PowerPoint Chart Tips 05: Reverse Engineer Charts

Tutorial Code: 10 14 06
Previous: 10 14 05 PowerPoint Chart Tips 04: Inspiration is Not Afar
Next: 10 14 07 PowerPoint Chart Tips 06: Consider Tables

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Tagged as: 10-15, Charts and Graphs, PowerPoint Tutorials, Ten Tips for Cool PowerPoint Charts