toragirl
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Our company (a market research company) likes to work in advance of final data by using vlookup formulas to pull the data we need to make charts. In other words, we vlookup the data for chart 1, make a small table containing the data we need, and then create a chart from this data. We then link the chart into PPT. We do this for 30-50 charts, depending on the report.
This works great for us, because we can set everything up in advance, and all the data automatically updates as more data is entered into the database.
This doesn't work well for one of our clients because they get either a PPT with links that they can't access or broken links (aka pictures) in their PPT report. This hasn't been a concern until now - but this client likes to tinker with the reports after delivery, and he wants full editing control.
Obviously, I could paste each chart as an excel chart object into the PPT, but this would have to be done right at the end of the reporting process, once the data is final, so it's not ideal. I tried pasting into PPT, but this also embeds the entire 50 sheet excel file into the PPT (so has the potential to create a very large file very quickly).
I am open to all solutions, but the one I would like to do is this - create the charts as I have described above in an excel file created within my PPT deck. Then, on each PPT slide, link to the excel file within the PPT deck. Anyone know if this is possible?
This works great for us, because we can set everything up in advance, and all the data automatically updates as more data is entered into the database.
This doesn't work well for one of our clients because they get either a PPT with links that they can't access or broken links (aka pictures) in their PPT report. This hasn't been a concern until now - but this client likes to tinker with the reports after delivery, and he wants full editing control.
Obviously, I could paste each chart as an excel chart object into the PPT, but this would have to be done right at the end of the reporting process, once the data is final, so it's not ideal. I tried pasting into PPT, but this also embeds the entire 50 sheet excel file into the PPT (so has the potential to create a very large file very quickly).
I am open to all solutions, but the one I would like to do is this - create the charts as I have described above in an excel file created within my PPT deck. Then, on each PPT slide, link to the excel file within the PPT deck. Anyone know if this is possible?