Preserving Chart Animation Settings in Powerpoint

[James McKenzie]

Hi,

Sorry if I sound like a bit of a novice, but I'm new to MS Powerpoint.

I have created a presentation with several slides, each containing a
bar chart pasted in from excel.

I have set up some custom animation settings on each series within
each chart (ie so each set of bars appears separately after a short
time delay).

The problem I have is that I need to replace each chart on a weekly
basis with an updated version. When I do this, I have to apply all
the animation settings on each chart again. Is there any way round
this ?

Any help would be much appreciated.

James McKenzie.

 

[Glen Millar]

Hi James,

I would insert the chart from excel in a linked format (Paste Special| Link)
and us the following information tog et PowerPoint to update it when you
change the source chart.

Graphs don't update automatically
http://www.rdpslides.com/pptfaq/FAQ00025.htm

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Glen Millar
Microsoft PPT MVP
www.powerpointworkbench.com

Australia

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[James McKenzie]

Hi Glen,

Thanks Very Much for your advice, but I'm still getting problems.

When I paste a link to the Excel chart into Powerpoint, as you
suggested, the custom animation settings that I was originally
applying are no longer available (Slide Slow -> Custom Animation ->
Chart Effect -> Introduce Chart Elements .... is greyed out).

Any ideas ?

If it's any help, I'm using MS Powerpoint 2000 SR-1.

Thanks in Advance,

James.