Leading the way in Microsoft Office Development

Import Documents into PowerPoint

(File > Open)

Select the appropriate file type

Importing Data Sets and Charts from Excel

Highlight the cells in Excel and paste the data (into a table)

To insert a chart copy the chart

(Edit > Paste)

does this paste as asn embedded excel worksheet ??

Edit > Paste Special

and select Paste Link

If you want to insert the actual object select (Insert > Object)