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Including other applications in your documents (OLE)
You can use Object Linking and Embedding (OLE) to combine information
from other applications with information in AppleWorks files. For complete
information on using OLE with AppleWorks, see onscreen Help. For
additional information on OLE, see the documentation that comes with
Windows 95.
Understanding Object Linking and Embedding
Object Linking and Embedding is a feature of the Windows operating
system. With OLE, you can combine information from other applications
with information in AppleWorks.
AppleWorks is an OLE client application, which means that AppleWorks can
contain objects provided by other OLE applications. (Applications that
provide objects are called OLE server applications.) When you insert OLE
objects (pictures, sounds, video clips, and other information) in an
AppleWorks document, you use the server application—not AppleWorks—to
create the object and to change the way it looks in your AppleWorks
document.
You can include OLE objects in AppleWorks word processing, draw, and
spreadsheet documents. You can also include OLE objects in Layout mode
in database (but not in a database field).
You can insert embedded objects and linked objects into your AppleWorks
documents.
* Choose Index from the Help menu and type the first few letters of the entry. Double-click the
entry and then double-click a topic.
Insert To
Embedded objects Store the object in your AppleWorks document.
Linked objects Maintain a connection to the source (original) file. Changes
you make to the object within AppleWorks are reflected in the
source file. Or, you can use the server application to change the
source file, and those changes are reflected in your
AppleWorks document.
In the Help index, * see:
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Object Linking and Embedding
(OLE)