Calc Guide

Figure 283: Inserting an OLE object under Windows
2) Select Create New to insert a new object of the type selected in the Object
Type list, or select Create from File to create a new object from a file.
3) If you choose Create from File, the dialog shown below opens. Click Browse
and choose the file to insert. The inserted file object is editable by the
Windows program that created it.
If instead of inserting an object, you want to insert a link to an object, select
the Display As Icon option.
Figure 284: Insert object from a file
Non-linked OLE object
If the OLE object is not linked, it can be edited in the new document. For instance, if
you insert a spreadsheet into a Writer document, you can essentially treat it as a
Writer table (with a little more power). To edit it, double-click on it.
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