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When you embed data from another program, the object becomes part of the composite drawing. When you double-click the embedded object in a composite drawing, the software in which the object was created opens so that you can edit it. When you go back to the composite drawing in Smart Electrical, the object updates automatically with the changes that you made. The changes, however, exist only in the current drawing.

You can embed existing information or create a new object and then embed it.

Embedding an Object

Suppose you want to use Word to add comments to a composite drawing. First, select Insert > Object. On the dialog, select Create New and then select Microsoft Word in the list. After you select OK, Word opens so that you can edit the object. If Word is already open, the new document creates a new window in Word. After you type your notes, select Update on the File menu in Word. You should then switch back to the composite drawing. A box the size of the object appears beside the pointer. You can then select on the drawing sheet to place the Word object and display your notes on the drawing sheet. You can use this same process with any documents created with Office-compatible or OLE- compliant software.

If you want to insert some notes that you already have in a Word document, you can use the Insert > Object command. On the dialog, you should select Create From File and then enter the name of the Word document to insert the entire document into the composite drawing.

SHARED Tip If you want to embed the object, clear the Link check box.

You can also embed information that you copied from another document. Copy the information, and then switch to the composite drawing and use Paste Special to paste the information as an embedded object.

Editing an Embedded Object

To edit an embedded object, you can double-click the object to open the software that created the object. The menus and toolbars of the current software are temporarily replaced by the menus and toolbars of the software that just opened.

SHARED Tip The software that created both documents must support OLE.