How to add Excel to Powerpoint

You can watch a video tutorial here.

Excel sheets provide many numerical and computation functions that may be difficult to replicate in other applications such as Powerpoint. When making a presentation that draws on calculated data from Excel, it is better to either include the Excel file in the presentation or use Excel within Powerpoint. 

Option 1 – Create a new Excel file 

Step 1 – Open the Insert Object window

• Go to Insert > Text > Object
• In the window that opens choose to Create new
• Select Microsoft Excel Worksheet as the Object Type

Step 2 – Enter data in the Excel sheet

• An Excel sheet opens within Powerpoint with all the Excel functionality accessible
• Enter data in the excel sheet

Step 3 – View the result

• Double-click on the worksheet to edit it

Option 2 – Embed an Excel file in Powerpoint

Step 1 – Open the Insert Object window

• Go to Insert > Text > Object
• In the window that opens choose to Create from file
• Click Browse
• Choose the file from the directory and click OK

Step 2 – Choose the options for embedding

• Select Link if you want to create a link to the file instead of embedding the file in the slide Note: This option creates a smaller file but the source Excel file has to always be available with the Powerpoint file
• Choose Display as icon to show the file in the form of an icon instead of as the entire file

Note: This is usually a better option as the icon occupies less space

Step 3 – View the result

• Double-click on the icon to open the file