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Linking Dynamic Chart In Ppt

I have a dynamic chart in Excel that uses named ranges to adjust the data that is charted. The series in the charts are input as: ='myfile.xlsx'!chartrange

Everything works fine in Excel but I'd like to link these charts into Powerpoint to have the slides update automatically. I copy the chart from Excel and paste-special as a linked chart into Powerpoint. The Powerpoint chart continues to update dynamically with the Excel data, until I close the Powerpoint file. When I re-open, the data is static and will not refresh. If I check the source data in the chart in Powerpoint, it now has the series as: ='[0]'!chartrange

So it appears that when I close Powerpoint I lose the link to source file. I only have this problem with dynamic ranges and suspect it's simply a limitation in the linked chart functionality, but would appreciate any suggestions. Thanks!


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