One more way to include objects from one workbook in
another Office document is to copy the object you want to share and then
paste it into its new location. You can copy Excel charts to Word
documents and PowerPoint presentations to reuse your data without
inserting a worksheet into the file and re-creating your chart in that
new location.
When you want to copy the current appearance of the chart to
another document without creating a link back to the chart, you
right-click the chart and click Copy on the shortcut menu that appears
to copy the chart to the Microsoft Office Clipboard. Then, in the
document into which you want to paste the chart’s image, on the Home tab
of the ribbon, in the Clipboard group, click the Paste button’s arrow to
display the palette of paste options available. The last option on the
right, Picture, pastes an image of the chart in its current
state.
In this exercise, you’ll copy a chart containing sales information
to the Clipboard and paste an image of the chart into a PowerPoint
presentation.
Important
You must have PowerPoint installed on your computer to complete
this exercise.
Set Up
In the RevenueChart
workbook, right-click the chart, and then click Copy.
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Excel copies the chart to the Clipboard.
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Display the RevenueSummary
presentation, which contains a single, blank slide.
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Right-click a blank spot in the visible slide, and then, in
the Paste
Options area of the shortcut menu, click the Picture icon.
The chart appears as a static image.
Clean Up
Save the RevenueChart workbook and the RevenueSummary
presentation, and exit PowerPoint. If you are not continuing directly
to the next chapter, exit Excel.
