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Link text to an Excel cell to dynamically update data

December 26, 2014 by Ellen Finkelstein 9 Comments

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Sudeep wrote me, “I need some help to update a slide containing a map with certain districts. I have the monthly sales turnover for these districts. In need to update them monthly from an Excel sheet. Can you suggest a way to automate the  process without having to punch it in a text box every […]

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Filed Under: Hyperlinks, Shapes & text boxes Tagged With: data, Excel, link, linking, update

My sound won’t play! Embed narration or music so you can send the PowerPoint presentation to others

August 5, 2012 by Ellen Finkelstein 26 Comments

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<img class=”alignright size-full wp-image-5023″ title=”powerpoint-tips-my-sound-wont-play-2″ src=”http://www.ellenfinkelstein.com/pptblog/home8/ellenfin/public_html/pptblog/wordpress/wp-content/uploads/2012/08/powerpoint-tips-my-sound-wont-play-2.png” alt=”powerpoint-tips-my-sound-wont-play-2″ width=”454″ height=”481″ data-mce-src=”http://www.ellenfinkelstein.com/pptblog/home8/ellenfin/public_html/pptblog/wordpress/wp-content/uploads/2012/08/powerpoint-tips-my-sound-wont-play-2.png” /><span id=”mce_marker” data-mce-type=”bookmark”></span><span id=”__caret”>_</span>&lt;link id=”css-article-ns” href=”http://officeimg.vo.msecnd.net/_layouts/article.noscript.css?b=5615%2E4500″ rel=”stylesheet”&gt;&lt;/link&gt;A reader wants to send a PPS (a PowerPoint Show) file containing music via email but when he sends it, the viewer doesn’t hear the music. Why? Know the difference between linked and embedded sounds The reason is usually […]

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Filed Under: Multimedia: Music, sound & video Tagged With: audio, embed, link, music, play, sound

Link to a specific PowerPoint 2003, 2007 or 2010 slide from Microsoft Word or Excel

June 14, 2012 by Ellen Finkelstein 37 Comments

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In another tip, “Hyperlink to a specific slide in another presentation, or specific location in another file,” one of the topics I cover is how to create a hyperlink in PowerPoint that links to a specific location in Word or Excel. I also explain that you can link to a specific slide in another PowerPoint […]

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Filed Under: Hyperlinks Tagged With: Excel, hyperlink, link, PowerPoint 2007, PowerPoint 2010, PowerPont 2003, slide, Word

How to use your remote to switch to another presentation in PowerPoint 2007 & 2010

November 14, 2011 by Ellen Finkelstein 6 Comments

PowerPoint tips-use your reomote to go to another presentation

A friend asked me, “How can I link to another presentation and use my remote to get to that presentation?” Here’s the problem. You can easily link any shape to another presentation by hyperlinking it. I have instructions in my tip, “Link to other presentations and return to the original presentation.” But to activate that […]

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Filed Under: Animation & transitions, Delivery Tagged With: hyperlink, insert object, link, object actions, OLE Action Verbs, remote

Link to other presentations and return to the original presentation

August 22, 2001 by Ellen Finkelstein 20 Comments

For greater flexibility when you present, you can create a main presentation that contains a menu and link the items in the menu to other presentations. When you decide to cover a topic, you click on its menu item to go to the presentation on that topic. When you’re done covering that topic, you click […]

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Filed Under: Content, Hyperlinks Tagged With: link, PowerPoint, PowerPoint 2007, presentations, slides

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