You can link data from an Excel spreadsheet to your presentation. If the data on the spreadsheet changes, you can update it in your presentation with just a few clicks.

Unless your Excel chart is stored on a cloud hosting service like OneDrive, or on a web site, you won't be able to link to it. That said, here are a few ways for you to include an Excel chart in your slides:

Add a chart or graph to your presentation in PowerPoint by using data from Microsoft Excel.

To fix this, you can either update the broken link, or remove it. On the File tab, click Info, and in the lower right corner, under Related Documents, click Edit Links to Files. Note: If you don't see the Related …

Add a hyperlink that links to a place in the same presentation, a different presentation, to a web page or site, a new file, and even an email address.

In Microsoft 365 for Windows apps, you can set your file open preference for Word, Excel, and PowerPoint files when you open them from Teams or classic Outlook, as long as the file is hosted on …

Learn how to import content from Word documents, Excel spreadsheets, and other files into your presentation.

Learn how to change data on an embedded or linked chart in your PowerPoint presentations.

If you can't find or don't have access to the document that you originally linked to, you can prevent Excel from trying to update the link by turning off automatic updates or removing the link.

Training: In the Office apps, import a chart from Excel into Word or PowerPoint. Watch this video to learn more.