Microsoft Excel 2013 Plain & Simple

Chapter 14. Sharing Excel data with other programs

In this section:

• Linking and embedding other files

• Exchanging table data between Excel and Word

• Copying Excel charts and data into PowerPoint

• Exchanging data between Access and Excel

• Importing a text file

Microsoft Excel 2013 is a powerful program, but it doesn’t try to do everything. Other Microsoft Office 2013 programs have complementary strengths: Microsoft Access 2013 is ideal for working with large data collections; Microsoft PowerPoint 2013 lets you create attractive presentations to print or project onto a screen; and Microsoft Word 2013 is great for creating text documents. You can include files created in other programs in your Excel workbooks or create links to them. Also, if a colleague ...