Question : Excel table linked into Powerpoint slide

The situation so far.

OFFICE 2000 on Win XP.

I have an excel table with 14 columns and 32 rows.  I want to display this in powerpoint and update the data changes dynamically.
So on a powerpoint slide I have inserted an object, based upon the excel table and clicked the 'link' check box to make it a link rather than an import.

On the slide the table appears with 8 columns and about 60 rows - ie garbage.  Resizing the object in powerpoint just stretchs/shrinks the object, it doesn't hide the excess rows nor show the missing columns.
(The 'break' is arbitrary - there are no empty columns/rows inside the table).

How can one specify in powerpoint EXACTLY what the source is?

Answer : Excel table linked into Powerpoint slide

Hi AndyAinscow,

Your frustration here is yet another reason why I never, ever just link an object from Excel.  Instead, I almost always
copy a range from Excel and "paste special" the range into PowerPoint as an image.  Yes, it's not dynamic, and it
requires manual updates, but I just find that the headaches from true linking far outweigh the benefits.  YMMV,
of course.

Regards,

Patrick