When you link information
from another document in a drawing, the information can be updated
when it changes in the source document.
You can link information from a document
created by another application to a drawing. For example, you might
want to insert a schedule that will be automatically updated. You
can also install multimedia icons that are activated when double-clicked.
Update Links
Links can be set to be updated either automatically
or manually when information in the linked document changes. By
default, links are updated automatically. Use OLELINKS to specify automatic
or manual updating.
Reconnect Links
Because a link references the location of
the linked document, you need to reconnect the link if the document
changes location or is renamed.
Break Links
Breaking
a link does not remove the inserted information from the drawing. Instead,
it removes the connection to the linked document. You can break
a link when you no longer need to update the information.
To link objects in a drawing
- Start the source application and open
a document.
- Select the information you want to link
and copy it to the Clipboard.
- Open the drawing.
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- In the Paste Special dialog box, click
Paste Link.
Paste Link pastes the
contents of the Clipboard into the current drawing and creates a
link to the file in the source application. If you click Paste, the
Clipboard contents are embedded instead of linked.
- In the As box, select the data format
you want to use.
- Click OK.
To link an entire file
as an OLE object in a drawing
- Open the drawing.
- In the Insert Object dialog box, select
Create from File.
- Select Link. Click Browse.
- In the Browse dialog box, select the
file you want to link. Click Open.
- In the Insert Object dialog box, click
OK.
The entire file is linked
to the drawing.
To update links manually
-
- In the Links dialog box, select the links
you want to update.
- Click Update Now.
- Click Close.
NoteIf you want to select
the links from the drawing area rather than from a list in the Links
dialog box, select the OLE objects before step 1.
To reconnect a link to
an OLE object
- In the drawing, select the OLE object
whose link you want to change.
-
- In the Links dialog box, click Change
Source.
- In the Change Source dialog box, search
for the source file.
- Select the source file. Click Open.
- Click OK.
To break a link to an OLE
object
- Select the linked object whose link you
want to break.
-
- In the OLE Links dialog box, click Break
Link.
- Click Yes.
- Click Close.
CommandsINSERTOBJ
Inserts a linked or
embedded object.
OLELINKS
Updates, changes, and
cancels existing OLE links.
OLESCALE
Controls the size, scale,
and other properties of a selected OLE object.
OPTIONS
Customizes the program
settings.
OPTIONS
Customizes the program
settings.
PASTESPEC
Pastes objects from
the Clipboard into the current drawing and controls the format of
the data.
System VariablesOLEHIDE
Controls the display
and plotting of OLE objects.
