How to insert a scrollable Excel table into Powerpoint?

Question

I have an Excel table with 80 rows, which is too long to to fit onto one powerpoint slide on a suitable font size. 

I wish to put the table into a powerpoint slide, such that the viewer can scroll vertically down the table.

I have searched online but nobody seems to be able to advise on this.

Thank you.

Answer 1

Hi,

Please try click Object under Inset tab, then select Microsoft Excel Worksheet. 

You will get an embedded window for storing your long table with scroll bars.

Regards,

Eric

Answer 2

Hi Eric,

Thank you for the quick response! I found the option, which allows me to paste the scrollable table. 

But it doesn't allow the viewer to scroll while viewing the presentation, right? Any way to achieve this?

I know we break the table into 2-3 slides, with a portion on each. But if I want the full table on one slide and the viewer to scroll. Is that possible?

Cheers.

Answer 3

Did yo see this question/answer

https://answers.microsoft.com/en-us/msoffice/forum/all/showuse-excel-table-with-scroll-bar-in-a/c5375e1a-5f16-4d4b-8167-3611cb9fb25f

or this:

https://yourbusiness.azcentral.com/make-scrollbar-powerpoint-2134.html

Answer 4

Yes I saw this previously too, and tried the same method.

But it will show the report in plain text format. It can't show the table with the coloured rows and columns from the Excel sheet that I was working on. 

Is there a way? Or have I missed something?

Answer 5

Your best bet may be to hyperlink to the Excel file since there's no built-in way to have a scrollable worksheet in PPT itself.