7.10.2 Linking ¶
You can also choose to insert a Link to a copied chart instead of embedding it
into the document. In this case updating the source chart will get
reflected in the document, as well. You can also insert a link to only a page
of a chart, by copying that page to the clipboard via the drop-down menu of the
Copy Entire Chart button.
Note, however, that you cannot insert a link to a chart that is not saved on
disk, but is yet ‘Untitled’. In addition, not all container applications
implement the full range of linking features.
- LibreOffice and OpenOffice do not allow links to be inserted into documents.
You can only embed charts in their documents.
- Microsoft PowerPoint allows links to be inserted into a slide, but does
not allow other programs to link to a chart embedded in a slidepack. This includes
the case when you want to insert a link into a slidepack that points to a chart
embedded in the very same slidepack.
- Microsoft Excel implements full linking features, that is it allows
you to insert links into worksheets, but also allows you to insert a link pointing to
a chart embedded in a worksheet into other documents (or the same worksheet). You
can even insert links that point to a single page of a chart embedded in a worksheet.
(You can do this by opening the embedded object in Msc-generator and select
‘Copy Page #1’, and use Paste Special to insert a link.)
- Microsoft Word allows you to insert link to charts that are saved in files
or are embedded in some other container (such as an Excel worksheet). It also allows
others (including Word itself) to link to a full chart embedded in a Word document,
but does not allow linking to a page of a chart embedded in a word document.
If you invoke ‘Copy Entire Chart’ or ‘Copy Page #x’ from within
Msc-generator for a chart embedded in a Word document, the link will not work.
However, if you copy the chart to the clipboard from Word (and then you can copy
all of it) then if you insert a link via Paste Special, you will geta valid link.
There is a suspected bug in
Word 2003 that fails linking to a single page of a chart embedded in a Word document.