DOCUMENT:Q136748 16-APR-2000 [powerpt] TITLE :PPT7: Unable to Link Only a Portion of a Presentation PRODUCT :Microsoft PowerPoint for Windows PROD/VER:WINDOWS:7.0 OPER/SYS: KEYWORDS:kbinterop kbole ====================================================================== ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- The information in this article applies to: - Microsoft PowerPoint for Windows 95, version 7.0 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- SYMPTOMS ======== If you select several slides in a presentation and copy them, you cannot use the Paste Link command to paste the slides into Word or Microsoft Excel (the Paste Link button is unavailable). However, if you select a single slide in a presentation and copy it, you can use the Paste Link command. CAUSE ===== PowerPoint can provide two types of OLE objects: slides and presentations. A slide object is a single slide; a presentation object is a group of slides. You can link a slide object to an OLE container document, but you cannot link a presentation object unless that presentation object contains every slide in the presentation. RESOLUTION ========== If you want to link an entire PowerPoint presentation to another document, follow these steps. NOTE: The following procedure is specific to Microsoft Word. However, you can follow similar steps with other programs. 1. In PowerPoint, create a presentation and save it. 2. Open the Word document you want to use as an OLE container. 3. On the Insert menu, click Object. 4. Click the Create From File tab. 5. Click Browse. 6. Open the folder that contains your presentation, and click the name of your presentation. Click OK. 7. Click to select the Link To File check box. 8. Click OK. Additional query words: 7.00 powerpt ====================================================================== Keywords : kbinterop kbole Technology : kbPowerPtSearch kbPowerPt700 kbZNotKeyword2 kbPowerPt700Search Version : WINDOWS:7.0 Hardware : MAC x86 Issue type : kbprb ============================================================================= THE INFORMATION PROVIDED IN THE MICROSOFT KNOWLEDGE BASE IS PROVIDED "AS IS" WITHOUT WARRANTY OF ANY KIND. MICROSOFT DISCLAIMS ALL WARRANTIES, EITHER EXPRESS OR IMPLIED, INCLUDING THE WARRANTIES OF MERCHANTABILITY AND FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE. IN NO EVENT SHALL MICROSOFT CORPORATION OR ITS SUPPLIERS BE LIABLE FOR ANY DAMAGES WHATSOEVER INCLUDING DIRECT, INDIRECT, INCIDENTAL, CONSEQUENTIAL, LOSS OF BUSINESS PROFITS OR SPECIAL DAMAGES, EVEN IF MICROSOFT CORPORATION OR ITS SUPPLIERS HAVE BEEN ADVISED OF THE POSSIBILITY OF SUCH DAMAGES. SOME STATES DO NOT ALLOW THE EXCLUSION OR LIMITATION OF LIABILITY FOR CONSEQUENTIAL OR INCIDENTAL DAMAGES SO THE FOREGOING LIMITATION MAY NOT APPLY. Copyright Microsoft Corporation 2000.