Question
What does it mean to integrate an object on Word?
Answer
When you embed an Excel object, information in the Word file does not change if you modify the source Excel file. Embedded objects become part of the Word file and, after they are inserted, they are no longer part of the source file. Because the information is totally contained in one Word document, embedding is useful when you do not want the information to reflect changes in the source file, or when you do not want the document recipients to be concerned with updating the linked information.
When an object is linked, information can be updated if the source file is modified. Linked data is stored in the source file. The Word file, or destination file, stores only the location of the source file, and it displays a representation of the linked data. Use linked objects if file size is a consideration. Linking is also useful when you want to include information that is maintained independently, such as data collected by a different department, and when you need to keep that information up-to-date in a Word document. If the location of the source file changes, you will also need to change the location where Word will attempt to locate this file.
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