Inserting Objects

When to Use This

Importing the following:

• Microsoft equations or graph charts
• Worksheets or charts from Microsoft Excel
• Slides or whole presentations from Microsoft PowerPoint
• Microsoft Word documents
• Documents created through Adobe applications, like Adobe Acrobat or Photoshop
• Quicktime movies (.mov files)
• OpenDocument presentation, spreadsheet, or text
• ACD/3D or ACD/ChemSketch images
• Bitmap images
• Encapsulated postscripts
• Flash documents
• KaleidaGraph plots
• Packages
• WordPad documents
• Photos from your camera

Note: You cannot import movies from Adobe Macromedia Director or a video DVD directly into your PowerPoint. Click here and here to find out how.

To insert an Excel worksheet or chart, simply select the item you want to copy, right-click copy them, and then use the Paste or Paste Special commands in PowerPoint to paste them into a slide.

Additional Help

• Microsoft's Instructional Pages on How to Import Objects from Other Applications

• Contact Academic Computing if you need additional help.