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PowerPoint allows you to embed files within your presentation. You can do this in two ways. One is as a link, the other is a embedded file. Keep in mind that if you do embed a file or link another file, you need to send both files to the reader. Otherwise the connection between the two files would be cut and the information for the user would be lost. To embed a file,

  1. In a blank word documentWord Document, go to the Insert Tab. In the Text section, click Object.

    Insert Tab in Microsoft PowerPoint, with an orange underline.Image RemovedObject Button in PowerPoint with a half of a blue box inside a white box.Image RemovedInsert Tab in Microsoft PowerPoint, with an orange underline.Image AddedObject Button in PowerPoint with a half of a blue box inside a white box.Image Added

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  1. In the Object Box, go to the Create from File Tab. Click browse and find the file you want to attach. Click Display as Icon. Click OK.

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  1. Insert Object, Create from File is checked. Display as Icon is checked. File has excel worksheet in it.Image Added

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  1. Your embedded file appears in Microsoft PowerPoint. Always include Alt Text for your table.

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  1. Longest Flights in the World table in PowerPoint with an embedded file underneath the table.Image AddedAlternative Text section for the embedded file reading The Longest Flights in the World table in Excel Format.Image Added

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