You can share information between Microsoft PowerPoint presentations and many other Microsoft Office programs. This means you can save time and energy — creating or locating information one time and providing access to the information in multiple files. You can even choose how you want shared information to appear and whether you want the information updated as it changes in the native (source) files.

To share information between PowerPoint and other Microsoft Office programs

Use This Feature . . .	When You Want To . . .
Copy and paste	Make a copy of information that appears in one program and paste it into a presentation. This is a simple command — but information is not linked between files. So, if the information in the original file changes, you must update the "pasted" information accordingly.
Drag and drop	Quickly copy or move information between two open files. Again, the information is not linked between files — so updates to the source file are not reflected in the secondary file.
Import and export	Use a file created in another program. When you import a file into a presentation, you have the option of linking the imported file (Link to File). If you do so, changes to the source file will appear in the presentation file.
Hyperlink	Create a link to information in a different Office program. You can represent the link with either colored and underlined text or a graphic. A hyperlink actually forces the secondary application to open (and the information to display) from the PowerPoint presentation.
Linked object	Copy information from one file to a presentation file. The information in the presentation updates automatically.
Embedded object	Copy information from one file to a presentation file. You can easily edit the data in the source file — without leaving the PowerPoint presentation.
Posted information	Make information publicly available: on the Web, on an intranet, or in a public folder.
Routed email or scheduled online meeting	Share a file with others so they can review it and make comments.
Email	Send a file to others.