Controlling Excel range imported into Powerpoint

[Matthew Schwarz]

I've played around with importing Excel data into Powerpoint.

My question: is there somewhere you can explicitly specify what cell range
you want in Powerpoint?

If I bring the Excel worksheet into Powerpoint using the Insert/Object/From
File/Linked method then it seems like the range is kind of random.

If I bring the Excel data into Powerpoint by copying from Excel and then
Paste Special/Paste Link method then I get the range that I originally
copied. This is closer to what I want, but I feel a little uncomfortable
because what happens if I add columns/remove columns/add rows/remove
rows...how will the linking react to it?

What about naming a range...does that make any difference?

I guess I was looking for was a way to somehow right-click on the table from
within Powerpoint and be able to choose exactly what cell range I want
visible.

Any thoughts?

 

[Matthew Schwarz]

Steve,
Thanks for the reply.

So, just to see if I got this right:

If I copy the range A1:F10 and paste into Powerpoint, the linked area will
always be A1:F10, even though there is no "properties" section in Powerpoint
for me to see this. So if I delete column E, and column F becomes E, and then
the new column F might be blank, the portion in Powerpoint is still going to
be A1:F10?