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Integration Tutorial 1
Integrating Word and
Excel
FIRST COURSE
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Learn about object linking and embedding (OLE)
Embed an Excel chart in a Word document
Edit an embedded Excel chart in Word
Link an Excel worksheet to a Word document
Update a linked Excel worksheet
Test and break a link
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Object Linking and Embedding (OLE)
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• You can easily share data that you create in different
Office applications through object linking and
embedding, or OLE. For example:
– You want to insert a chart you create in Excel into a
memo you generate in Word
– You want to merge a letter you create in Word with
names and addresses you have stored in an Access
database
– You want to transfer an outline you create in Word to a
PowerPoint presentation
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Object Linking and Embedding
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Object Linking and Embedding
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• With OLE, you can share data in one of two
ways:
– Embed data created in one application (the source) in a file
created in a different application (the destination).
• A copy of the object becomes part of the destination file,
and any changes you make to it does not affect the original
file
– Link data, so that any changes made to it, in either the source
file or the destination file, automatically take effect in the
other file.
• The object exists in only one place
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Object Linking and Embedding
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Embedding an Excel Chart
in a Word Document
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• Start the source program (Excel), open the file containing the chart to be
embedded, select the chart you want to embed in the destination file (a Word
document), and then in the Clipboard group on the Home tab, click the Copy
button
• Start the destination program (Word), open the file that will contain the
embedded chart, and then position the insertion point where you want to
place the chart
• In the Clipboard group on the Home tab in the destination program, click the
Paste button. Then, in the document window, click the Paste Options button
that appears, and then click Excel Chart (entire workbook) on the menu
Or
• In the Clipboard group on the Home tab in the destination program, click the
Paste button arrow, and then click Paste Special to open the Paste Special
dialog box. Then, in the dialog box, click Microsoft Office Excel Chart Object in
the As list, make sure the Paste option button is selected, and then click the
OK button
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Embedding an Excel Chart
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Embedding an Excel Chart
in a Word Document
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• Paste Options commands for pasting an Excel
chart
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Modifying an Embedded Object
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• When you edit an embedded object within the
destination program, the changes affect only the
embedded object; the original object in the
source program remains unchanged
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Linking an Object from Excel to Word
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• Start the source program (Excel), open the file containing the object to be
linked, select the object or information you want to link to the destination
program, and then, in the Clipboard group on the Home tab, click the Copy
button
• Start the destination program (Word), open the file that will contain the linked
object, and then position the insertion point where you want to place the
object
• In the Clipboard group on the Home tab in the destination program, click the
Paste button. Then, in the document window, click the Paste Options button
that appears, and then click a linking option on the menu
or
• In the Clipboard group on the Home tab in the destination program, click the
Paste button arrow, and then click Paste Special to open the Paste Special
dialog box. Then, in the dialog box, click the Paste link option button, click
Microsoft Office Excel Worksheet Object in the As list box, and then click the
OK button
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Linking an Object from Excel to Word
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Linking an Object from Excel to Word
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• Paste Options commands for pasting an Excel
table
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Updating Linked Objects
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• When you link an object, you can edit the
information in the source file, and the changes
will appear in the Word document
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Breaking Links
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• It’s a good idea to break a link if you plan to send the document
to someone who will not have access to the linked object’s
source document
• In the destination file, right-click the linked object, point to Linked
Worksheet Object, and then, on the shortcut menu, click Links to
open the Links dialog box, or click the Office Button, point to
Prepare, in the right pane on the menu, point to the small arrow
in the bottom of the menu, and then click Edit Links to Files
• In the dialog box, select the appropriate link in the list at the top
• Click the Break Link button, and then click the Yes button
• Save the destination file
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