in reply to Perl/Openoffice Solution

Why not create the charts and tables with the GD::* set of Modules and insert them into Impress? Or do you want OO Impress native Charts and tables?

Some help: Perl and OpenOffice and Automatic creation of an Impress presentation from a series of images

HTH.

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