title: How to update live links in PPT from Excel - while in Slideshow mode
body: <p>I have pasted (paste special, paste link) data a cell in Excel into PPT.
  I update the excel data and simultaneously I can see the data change in the PPT slide (edit mode)
  However, when I run the PPT slideshow:</p>
  
  <ol>
  <li>the data does not update (in PPT when I update in Excel)</li>
  <li>the data no longer updates, even when I return to PPT edit mode</li>
  </ol>
  
  <p>Does anyone know if it's possible to have a live link within the PPT slideshow?
  (that's not broken by running the slideshow).</p>
  
  <p>[MSOffice 2010 on Win7] VBA can probably help, but I'm not a VBA programmer...
  This stackoverflow.com link is very similar, but needs VBA: <a href="https://stackoverflow.com/questions/11662108/linked-excel-object-in-powerpoint-wont-update-when-showing-in-slideshow">Linked Excel Object in Powerpoint wont update when showing in slideshow</a></p>
  
  <p>TIA</p>
  
  <p><strong>PS Context:</strong> This is so that I can display an ever-changing number at an auction on one screen (eg on PPT slide), when I change the data on another (eg Excel) using [dual display: laptop + TV]</p>