Creating Smart Presentations: Integrating Excel, PowerPoint and Word

Create dynamic presentations with PowerPoint by combining automated features of Word and Excel. Incorporating Word's integration of Excel data, linking Excel to PowerPoint, using Word for automatic PowerPoint speaker notes, online PowerPoint presentations and Word conversion to PowerPoint. This webinar includes a broad scope of techniques that will make reporting and presenting from all three MS Office applications easier and more effective.

• Learn the details of copy and paste functionality
• Determine when and how to link and embed data from one program into another
• Master Excel data integration into Word
• Use Word to create a new PowerPoint presentation automatically with the send to PowerPoint command
• Use Word for automatic PowerPoint speaker notes / handouts
• Create an online PowerPoint presentation using Word
• Link Excel data and charts with PowerPoint for automatic updating

• Smart reports /dynamic presentations with integrated data
• Linking and embedding techniques for auto updates
• Inserting an Excel object in Word
• Creating and managing an Excel spreadsheet within Word
• Word to PowerPoint Integration and PowerPoint to Word
• Tips, tricks and time-saving techniques

Microsoft Office is known for integration capabilities. We typically work with Excel, Word and PowerPoint individually, and we may insert data from Excel into a Word report or a PowerPoint presentation. Each program has features specific to sharing data automatically among programs. This webinar will give attendees important time-saving techniques in creating truly smart presentations; determine when and how to use each type of integration effectively.

• Administrative assistants
• Managers
• Directors
• Sales associates
• Students
• Teachers
• Marketing personnel
• Medical personnel
• Legal professionals
• Anyone using MS Office in a business or educational setting to create reports and presentations

Cathy Horwitz is a highly experienced Microsoft Office instructor, specializing in Excel, Word, PowerPoint, Outlook, and Access. With over 30 years of expertise in both in-person and online training, she has helped thousands of professionals boost productivity, streamline workflows, and master essential Microsoft Office skills.

Cathy has been teaching Microsoft Office since its inception, offering tailored training programs that meet the unique needs of individuals and businesses. Her courses cover everything from Excel formulas, PivotTables, and automation with macros to Word document formatting, PowerPoint presentation design, and Outlook email management. Workshops from beginning level through advanced are available.

Known for her engaging, hands-on teaching style, Cathy incorporates real-world business scenarios to ensure students gain practical skills they can immediately apply. Whether you're looking for corporate training, individual coaching, or advanced Microsoft Office workshops, Cathy delivers results-driven instruction that enhances efficiency, problem-solving, and software proficiency.

When not teaching, Cathy enjoys gardening, shopping estate sales and refinishing mid-century furniture.