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Instead of embedding the file, I would put a link to the file: is that possible?
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Instead of embedding the file, I would put a link to the file: is that possible?

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These files have already been set up. We've been using them for years. I don't think it would be practical to start relinking all the files.
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These files have already been set up. We've been using them for years. I don't think it would be practical to start relinking all the files.

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Hi,<br />
We have a number of Excel files that contain embedded Word documents. The Word files are embedded as an icon so that when we double-click the icon, the Word file open in Word and can be edited.<br />
What has been happening with some of the files is that after editing when we try to close the Word file, it will not close. Nothing happens when we click the close button. (We can save it as a separate file).<br />
At the same time if we go to Excel, the Excel file cannot be saved while the Word file is open.<br />
The only way to close Word is to end the task &nbsp;Once we do that we can save excel. However the embedded Word file is corrupted and cannot be opened again. We have to reinsert the file again into Excel.<br />
It appears that when working on the &nbsp;Word file, it seems to lose the connection to the Excel file.<br />
The question is why is this happening and is there any way to prevent this?<br />
Thanks.<br />
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Hi,
We have a number of Excel files that contain embedded Word documents. The Word files are embedded as an icon so that when we double-click the icon, the Word file open in Word and can be edited.
What has been happening with some of the files is that after editing when we try to close the Word file, it will not close. Nothing happens when we click the close button. (We can save it as a separate file).
At the same time if we go to Excel, the Excel file cannot be saved while the Word file is open.
The only way to close Word is to end the task  Once we do that we can save excel. However the embedded Word file is corrupted and cannot be opened again. We have to reinsert the file again into Excel.
It appears that when working on the  Word file, it seems to lose the connection to the Excel file.
The question is why is this happening and is there any way to prevent this?
Thanks.




Embedded Word files can't be saved

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Microsoft Word is a commercial document editing program that is part of the Microsoft Office suite. It features numerous text-editing tools for creating richly formatted documents, along with tools for the use of macros in Word documents. Word's native file formats are denoted either by a .doc or .docx file extension. Plugins permitting the Windows versions of Word to read and write formats it does not natively support, such as the OpenDocument format (ODF) are available. Word can import and display images in common bitmap formats such as JPG and GIF. It can also be used to create and display simple line-art.