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Canvas 12 User Guide - ACDSee

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Chapter 2: Documents and Setup<br />

3. Switch to the document where you want to embed the selection and choose Edit | Paste. The<br />

object is embedded into the document.<br />

To link objects:<br />

If you want an object to be updated when it changes in the original document, create a link to the<br />

object. The <strong>Canvas</strong> document from which you copy objects to be linked must have been saved before<br />

you copy the objects.<br />

Not all OLE programs support OLE linking.<br />

1. Select the objects to link and choose Edit | Copy.<br />

2. Switch to the document where you want to paste the linked object and choose Edit | Paste<br />

Special. In the dialog box, <strong>Canvas</strong> Drawing format is selected.<br />

3. Click Paste Link to link the object.<br />

To manage linked objects:<br />

Use the Links command to check the source file of a linked object and repair a broken link if a source<br />

file has been moved.<br />

1. Select a linked object in a document.<br />

2. Choose Edit | Links. The Links dialog box displays the link type and update method. To<br />

change the update method, choose the Automatic or Manual option.<br />

3. Use the buttons to update or change the linked object:<br />

To update the object from its source: Click Update Now.<br />

To open the source document: Click Open Source.<br />

To select a different source document: Click Change Source.<br />

To remove the link so changes to the source do not affect the linked object:<br />

Click Break Link.<br />

Differences between linking and embedding<br />

When you insert an object into a <strong>Canvas</strong> document, or insert an object from <strong>Canvas</strong> into another<br />

program’s document, you create an association between the object and its application. Linking and<br />

embedding create different types of associations.<br />

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