Copying a Chart as a Live Chart Linked to the Original Workbook in Excel 2007:-

Copying a chart as a live chart linked to the original workbook is the easiest method of getting a chart from Excel to PowerPoint. You basically just copy the chart from Excel and paste it to PowerPoint.

With this method, you have full access to all the Charting Tools ribbon tabs in PowerPoint. You can customize the chart to match the theme of the PowerPoint presentation, and you can choose new layouts, styles, and so on.

The data remains linked to the original workbook. If you change the workbook and later open the PowerPoint presentation, the chart reflects the new numbers from the Excel workbook. Obviously, this feature works only if the PowerPoint presentation still has access to the original Excel file. Otherwise, PowerPoint shows a static version of the last-known numbers in the chart.

To copy the chart, you follow these steps:

1. Open both PowerPoint and Excel.

2. In Excel, click the chart.

3. Press Ctrl+C or click the Copy icon on the Home ribbon.

4. Switch to PowerPoint by pressing Alt+Tab.

5. Paste by pressing Ctrl+V or clicking the Paste icon on the Home ribbon.

The chart fills the text area of the slide. The Chart Tools ribbon icons are available, as shown in the Figure (given below).



(Copying and pasting is the simplest method for getting a chart from Excel to PowerPoint.)