Create and format a table in PowerPoint. Copy and paste a table from Word. Copy and paste a group of cells from Excel. Insert an Excel spreadsheet within PowerPoint. See also. Add or delete table rows and columns. There are several options for adding a table to a slide, and you can choose the one that meets your needs. Here's how.

Create a table to organize information or data on your PowerPoint slides, use Table Styles to format the table, and then change the layout. Add a table. Select Insert > Table > Insert Table. In the Insert Table dialog box, select how many columns and rows you want. Select OK. Add table styles. Select the table.

Try it! In PowerPoint, you can embed tables and worksheets from Excel in your presentation slides. In Excel, click and drag to highlight the cells you want to copy. Right-click the copied cells and select Copy. In your PowerPoint presentation, right-click and select the Paste Options you want:

Click where you want in your table to add a row or column and then click the Layout tab (this is the tab next to the Table Design tab on the ribbon). To add rows, click Insert Above or Insert Below and to add columns, click Insert Left or Insert Right.

In PowerPoint, on the Insert tab, click or tap Object. In the Insert Object dialog box, select Create from file. Click or tap Browse, and in the Browse box, find the Excel workbook with the data you want to insert and link to. Before you close the Insert Object box, select Link, and click OK.