AutoUpdate Property

Microsoft PowerPoint Visual Basic

Returns or sets the way the link will be updated. Read/write PpUpdateOption.

PpUpdateOption can be one of these PpUpdateOption constants.
ppUpdateOptionAutomatic Link will be updated each time the presentation is opened or the source file changes.
ppUpdateOptionManual Link will be updated only when the user specifically asks to update the presentation.
ppUpdateOptionMixed

expression.AutoUpdate

expression    Required. An expression that returns one of the objects in the Applies To list.

Example

This example loops through all the shapes on all the slides in the active presentation and sets all linked Microsoft Excel worksheets to be updated manually.

For Each sld In ActivePresentation.Slides
    For Each sh In sld.Shapes
        If sh.Type = msoLinkedOLEObject Then
            If sh.OLEFormat.ProgID = "Excel.Sheet" Then
                sh.LinkFormat.AutoUpdate = ppUpdateOptionManual
            End If
        End If
    Next
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