Link to an embedded object

[Floris Blaauboer]

Hi,

I have created several embedded objects in my presentation, yet I want
to use the same object several times on different slides. I cannot
store the documents locally, since the final presentation has to be
portable.

Is there a way of using hyperlinks and bookmarks in Powerpoint so I
can use one and the same embedded object on different slides which
remains equal after updates?

I know that a potential (but not my preferred) solution is to use Pack
and Go, but I am looking for a different solution.

 

[David M. Marcovitz]

I'm not sure about this, but I think that if you copy and paste an
embedded object from within PowerPoint, it will not store multiple
copies of the object. You could do an experiment to see if I am correct.
Embed a large object and save it. Check the file size (being sure that
Fast Saves is turned off). Now copy and paste and save again. See if the
file size increases dramatically or just slightly.
--David

 

[Floris Blaauboer]

Sadly enough this does not work. I've tried it, but embedding the same
word document twice leads to different versions existing in the same
presentation. Editing one of them does not influence the other one.

Floris

 

[David M. Marcovitz]

Alas, you are right. So now let't look at other options. You could put
the embedded object on a separate slide and link to that slide. You
might even do better to put the object on a slide and put the slide in a
custom show. Link to the custom show with the "show and return" box
checked. That way, no matter how the user leaves the slide with the
object, it will go back to whatever slide it came from. Do these options
help?
--David

 

[Steve Rindsberg]

I'm not sure about this, but I think that if you copy and paste an
embedded object from within PowerPoint, it will not store multiple
copies of the object. You could do an experiment to see if I am correct.
Embed a large object and save it. Check the file size (being sure that
Fast Saves is turned off). Now copy and paste and save again. See if the
file size increases dramatically or just slightly.

This works for images but not, I think, embedded OLE objects.
If it did, it'd be more of a bug than a feature, in fact. <g>

 

[Steve Rindsberg]

Hi,

I have created several embedded objects in my presentation, yet I want
to use the same object several times on different slides. I cannot
store the documents locally, since the final presentation has to be
portable.

Is there a way of using hyperlinks and bookmarks in Powerpoint so I
can use one and the same embedded object on different slides which
remains equal after updates?

No but you may be able to use this workaround:

Let's suppose you have an embedded spreadsheet on slide 1

Add a new blank slide
Switch to Slide Sorter view, select Slide 1
Copy it
Switch to normal view, go to the new slide
Choose Edit, PasteSpecial, pick Microsoft PowerPoint Slide Object
Put a check next to Link and click OK.

That puts a linked copy of Slide 1 on your new slide.
Now when you change the data in the embedded spreadsheet on Slide 1 and save or
reopen the presentation, the spreadsheet on the linked copy of the slide will
get updated as well.