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Hello,
I am trying to link a Powerpoint Presentation to an Excel spreadsheet. I have copied a table in Excel into PowerPoint using the Copy Paste Special -> Paste Link feature. At first, this looks great. Updates I make to the Excel Spreadsheet automatically update in PowerPoint and all the formatting looks right.
However, after saving, closing, and re-opening the Powerpoint file, the Spreadsheet has been truncated. It is missing about 1/2 of a column and about 3 rows. I tried to update the link, and even to delete the table and re-paste the linked spreadsheet, and nothing seems to work. It doesn't appear to be an issue with the size, because I copied/pasted just a small table (4x2) as a test and it did the same thing.
Does anyone have any ideas for how to solve this?
Thanks,
Alan
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Thanks for the images ... good start.
But when I wrote "exact and detailed" I really meant it; step by step.
For example, w/o straining, I can think of three different ways to copy selected content in Excel. How exactly did you do the copy?
Likewise, there are several ways of pasting into PowerPoint (you mention only that you paste into OneNote, Word and Outlook).
It may also matter what type of slide you're pasting onto (blank or one with placeholders).
Yup, sounds like a lot of overly fussy detail. And yup, sometimes it really matters. I'd pet the cat instead of wearing off my fingerprints with all this typing otherwise. ;-)
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I was able to resolve the issue for me by resetting my display settings to 125%
Not sure the reason this worked or if it was a coincidence, but it is worth a shot.
I was able to resolve the issue for me by resetting my display settings to 125%
Not sure the reason this worked or if it was a coincidence, but it is worth a shot.
Changing the zoom and customizing the display solved my problem as well!
Nothing else worked