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Old 04-12-2018, 02:07 PM
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I run an event where individuals weigh in one after another and these weights are entered into an excel spread sheet. The spreadsheet calculates the top ten. What I want to do is have a monitor/tv display, using power point,the top 10 throughout the weigh-in? I would like it to update regularly as the top ten changes. Is this possible?

Currently I have the excel spread sheet linked to a power point presentation but have to restart the PowerPoint presentation constantly to update the links. Can this be done another way?
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Old 04-13-2018, 12:53 AM
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Is the PowerPoint Presentation running in show mode?
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Old 04-13-2018, 07:16 AM
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I have the powerpoint presentation running continuously in a loop. I show a couple sponsor pages and the top ten page then repeat continuously. I have to stop the presentation and update all the links because the top ten is changing as people weigh in. I am hoping that as i enter the data in excel and excel updates the top ten it would also update the power point presentation without having to restart powerpoint.

Thanks for your help..
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Old 04-13-2018, 08:15 AM
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You can try this then. (not certain it will work)

Step 1.

Insert a command button from the developer toolbox on slide 1. (Show the developer tab in File>Options >Customize ribbon if not already done)

In Home > Select > Selection pane set the button to NOT visible. This is needed to make the code run reliably,

Step 2

Alt f11 to open the Code editor and INSERT > Module

Paste in this code

Code:
Sub OnSlideshowPagechange(SW As SlideShowWindow)

Dim osld As Slide
Dim oshp As Shape
Set osld = SW.View.Slide
On Error Resume Next
For Each oshp In osld.Shapes
oshp.LinkFormat.Update
Next oshp
End Sub
Run the show and update the excel file see if it works - should update the nest time the page shows
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Old 04-13-2018, 11:18 AM
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Thanks John Wilson.

I did as you said and it worked perfectly. I will test it a bit but so far so good. No idea what you had me do but you definitely know your stuff.

Thanks again for your help.
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Just download this Update Links

http://skp.mvps.org/updtlinks.htm
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