PowerPoint Object Embedded in Excel Does Not Run Slide Show

ID: Q119159

The information in this article applies to:

- Microsoft PowerPoint for Windows, versions 3.0, 4.0, 4.0a - Microsoft Excel for Windows, version 5.0

SYMPTOMS

When you insert a Microsoft PowerPoint Presentation object in a Microsoft Excel version 5.0 workbook, the object does not play as a slide show when you activate it. Instead, the presentation starts in PowerPoint in edit mode. This behavior occurs whether you double-click the object icon or use the Edit PowerPoint Presentation Object (Show) command.

RESOLUTION

The only way to have a PowerPoint presentation object play as a presentation in a Microsoft Excel workbook is to not embed the object as an icon. You can do this by using the following steps: 

   1. Create a workbook in Microsoft Excel 5.0.

   2. From the Insert menu, choose Object.

   3. In the Insert Object dialog box, choose MS PowerPoint
      Presentation. Do not select the Display As Icon check box. Choose
      OK.

   4. Create a PowerPoint presentation of two or more slides.

   5. In PowerPoint, choose Exit And Return To Book1 from the File menu.
      When you are prompted to Update Presentation in Book1, choose Yes.
You now have an image of the first slide in your presentation on the Microsoft Excel worksheet. When you double-click the object, the presentation runs. If the slide image on your worksheet is too large, you can resize the object by dragging the corner resize handles.

STATUS

Microsoft has confirmed this to be a problem in Microsoft Excel version 5.0. This problem has been corrected in Microsoft Excel version 5.0c for Windows.

STEPS TO REPRODUCE PROBLEM

1. Create a workbook in Microsoft Excel 5.0.

2. In Microsoft Excel, choose Object from the Insert menu.

3. In the Insert Object dialog box, select MS PowerPoint 

   Presentation. Select the Display As Icon check box, then choose
   OK.
4. Create a PowerPoint presentation with two or more slides.

5. In PowerPoint, choose Exit And Return To Book1 from the File menu. 

   When you are prompted to Update Presentation in Book1, choose Yes.

   You now have a PowerPoint icon on your Microsoft Excel Worksheet.
6. Double-click the PowerPoint Presentation object in Microsoft Excel. You 
   can also choose PowerPoint Presentation Object from the Edit menu,
   and then choose Show.
Your PowerPoint presentation starts in edit mode.

REFERENCES

For more information about Editing An Object Embedded In A Microsoft Excel Document, choose the Search button in Microsoft Excel Help and type: 

    OLE, editing embedded objects from other applications
KBCategory: kbole kbinterop KBSubcategory:

Additional reference words: 3.00 4.00 4.00a 5.00 power point powerpt abu winppt ole object linking and embedding component insert package office macppt officeinterop

Last Reviewed: October 1, 1996