Excel data to Powerpoint

[NBee]

Hi - sorry if this question isn't very 'pcmech' but you guys normally have an answer!

My gf deals with research data, which comes in the form of huge excel spreadsheets. All the data is in tables which are repeated and maintain the same format throughout. From these, she has to prepare Powerpoint presentations. She has to manually copy the data from the spreadsheets into powerpoint, to prepare the charts, which takes her days.

Now, I'm no expert when it comes to these products, but I can't help thinking that they must be cleverer than that. Surely Powerpoint is able to take Excel data and produce a basic chart from it, which can then be tailored to your liking?

Any pointers would be greatly appreciated.

[glc]

Open the PowerPoint presentation into which you wish to import data from an Excel spreadsheet.
Choose "Insert > Object" to display the Insert Object dialog box.
Choose "Create from file" and click the "Browse" button to locate the Excel workbook that contains the data you wish to import.
Click "OK" to insert the object onto the slide.
Resize the object if necessary to fit the proportions of your slide.

[NBee]

Thanks GLC - I've passed the info on so hopefully it will be of some help.