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The Object > New OLE Object command allows you to embed an OLE object
into the document.
The command opens a dialog box containing a list of all applications that are able
to create OLE objects. The entries displayed in the list depend on the OLE-capable
programs installed on your system.
Selecting “Paintbrush Picture”, for example, will open Windows’ Paint program
(called Paintbrush in older versions of Windows). There you can create a picture.
Simply exit Paint, and the picture will be embedded into your document. It is
displayed in the text, and you can edit the picture whenever you wish. To do so,
simply double click on the picture.
Step by step, the procedure for embedding an OLE object is as follows:
1. Move the text cursor to the position in the document where you want to embed
the object.
2. Invoke the Object > New OLE Object command.
3. A dialog box appears. From the Object Type list displayed in this window,
select the type of OLE object that TextMaker should embed in the text.
4. When you confirm with OK, TextMaker starts the application that is appropriate
to the type of object selected.
5. Create the object in the application.
6. Exit the application.
7. At this point, it is possible that the application will ask you if you want to insert
the object into the TextMaker document. Confirm with “Yes”.
The OLE object created in the other application is now embedded in the TextMaker
document.
OLE object frames: An OLE object that has been embedded in the text is treated by
TextMaker as if it were a character within the text. Thus, it is bound up within the
flow of the text. Instead of being embedded, an OLE object can be inserted as an
OLE object frame that will remain at a fixed position on the page. You will find
more information about this in section “OLE object frames” beginning on page
262.
Acquiring an OLE object from a file
If you don’t want to create a new OLE object, but want to embed as an OLE object
a document that already exists in the form of a file created previously in another
220 OLE objects Manual TextMaker