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Microsoft Office contains functionality to link data from Excel to PowerPoint. It is called OLE (Object Linking and Embedding). Using this technology you can link to Excel charts and ranges in a PowerPoint presentation, in a similar way as OfficeReports Presento. When the data in Excel changes, the tables and charts in the presentation can be updated. To edit the linked tables and charts you have to double-click them, which will load Excel's user interface and you will be able to edit the Excel chart or range from within PowerPoint. OfficeReports Presento works different. It simply uses native PowerPoint tables, charts and shapes, and copies whatever information the user has defined (like data, font, background color) from the defined Excel range to the PowerPoint table, chart or shape. Therefore, OfficeReports Presento has the following advantages over Microsoft OLE:
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