Hmmm,
It doesn't work that way for me here. What version are you using and
please walk us through the steps you are doing in more detail.
Especially, how are you pasting the Excel object that you have copied
to clipboard.
Brian Reilly, MVP
>When I click in the Excel worksheet to open excel and drag the sizing handles
>it seems to work. However, when I click out of excel back to the PowerPoint
>slide it appears that my change only expanded the column or row width rather
>than expanding the visibility. It also seems to add gridlines to my
>powerpoint slide which weren't there initially. (I know how to clear the
>gridlines)