How can I get PowerPoint fields to pull data from MS Access?

[Guest]

I am trying to create a series of MS PowerPoint 2003 slides that are
identical except for the content of several text fields.

I believe that 1) it is possible to populate these fields from the cells of
a MS Access file so that each row of the table data in the Access database
would populate each slide of the PowerPoint and 2) that these fields would
then dynamically update on the PowerPoint as I change them on the Access
file. Does anyone know how this is done? As a Plan B, is it possible to do a
mail merge to update the fields in the slides of the PowerPoint?

Thanks,
Randal

 

[David M. Marcovitz]

You might want to check out PPTMerge:

http://www.rdpslides.com/pptools/merge/index.html

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David M. Marcovitz
Microsoft PowerPoint MVP
Director of Graduate Programs in Educational Technology
Loyola College in Maryland
Author of _Powerful PowerPoint for Educators_
http://www.PowerfulPowerPoint.com/

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[Guest]

Yep. That did it.

Thanks, that was a lifesaver.

You might want to check out PPTMerge:

http://www.rdpslides.com/pptools/merge/index.html

--
David M. Marcovitz
Microsoft PowerPoint MVP
Director of Graduate Programs in Educational Technology
Loyola College in Maryland
Author of _Powerful PowerPoint for Educators_
http://www.PowerfulPowerPoint.com/

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