Excel into Powerpoint

Copying an Excel Spreadsheet into Powerpoint has got to be one of the most frustrating time wasters ever!

It never seems to work properly does it. Nothing seems to line up properly in Powerpoint and you can spend literally hours trying to get the columns and rows to line up on the your slide

Here's how to copy an Excel Spreadsheet into Powerpoint.

There is a hidden button in Excel that makes all this very simple.

Yes. A hidden button that solves all these problems. Don't ask me why Microsoft decided to hide it. Maybe they want to make life a little exciting for you and present you with a nice gift once you crack the hidden clues!

Anyway, let me show you how to get at this little gem.

When you are in your Excel Spreadsheet, try holding down the Ctrl and Shift keys. Then with them held down, move your mouse up to the Edit menu on Excel’s toolbar. Can you see a new option called Copy Picture?

This is the hidden button that lets you copy spreadsheets into Powerpoint.

With this selected you can then either copy the worksheet as shown on your screen into Powerpoint as a picture or you can choose to copy the print area you have set up.

The other great thing with this way of doing it is your Powerpoint presentation will not be such a big file since it is only using a picture of your spreadsheet rather than adding the whole spreadsheet!

I hope you found that Tip useful.

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