link one powerpoint chart to another presentation

[Guest]

Can I link one PP set of charts to another PP presentation. I wish to update
charts in 3 or 4 different presentations and when I open a summary
presentation it links and updates the charts from the subordinate files. I
can link to Excel, Access, etc. but I have not been able to find out how to
link one PP chart to another PP chart in a different file. The subordinate
files may be a combination of text, imbedded pictures that I have updated,
etc.

Thanks....

 

[Steve Rindsberg]

Can I link one PP set of charts to another PP presentation. I wish to update
charts in 3 or 4 different presentations and when I open a summary
presentation it links and updates the charts from the subordinate files. I
can link to Excel, Access, etc. but I have not been able to find out how to
link one PP chart to another PP chart in a different file. The subordinate
files may be a combination of text, imbedded pictures that I have updated,
etc.

Embedded pictures aren't linked, so I can't see how you could get them to
update; however if you link the pictures into howevermany presentations from
files on the hdd, then when you change the image files, the presentations will
all update using the new images. You just have to be very careful about how you
move things around, since image links break if you so much as sneeze. Or don't.

See http://fixlinks.pptools.com for more info; the free demo will fix up your
linked images so the links don't break so easily.

As to the other, why not link from an Excel sheet to your various PPT files?