Word > Collaboration

Link or embed a PowerPoint slide

When you want to create a dynamic link between the content of your document and the content in a Microsoft Office

PowerPoint presentation, insert the content as an object. Unlike when you paste content (such as by pressing

CTRL+V), when you insert it as a linked or embedded object, you can still work with it in the original program.

If you insert the slide into the document as a PowerPoint object, Microsoft Office Word runs PowerPoint when you

double-click the slide, and you can use PowerPoint commands to work with the slide.

When you insert an entire PowerPoint presentation as an object, the document displays only one slide. To display

different slides, double-click the PowerPoint object, and then press ENTER to run the slide show.

What do you want to do?

Understand the differences between linked objects and embedded objects

Update linked objects

Change linked or embedded objects

Insert a linked object or embedded object from a PowerPoint presentation

Understand the differences between linked objects and

embedded objects

The main differences between linked objects and embedded objects are where the data is stored and how you

update the data after you place it in the destination file.

You place either a link to the object or a copy of the object in the document. You can insert content this way from any

program that supports the technology of linking and embedding objects (object linking and embedding, or OLE).

For example, a monthly status report may contain information that is separately maintained in a PowerPoint slide. If

you link the report to the slide, the data in the report can be updated whenever the source file is updated. If you

embed the slide in the report, your report contains a static copy of the data.
 Embedded object

Linked object

Source file

Linked objects

When an object is linked, information can be updated if the source file is modified. Linked data is stored in the source

file. The Word file, or destination file, stores only the location of the source file, and it displays a representation of the

linked data. Use linked objects if file size is a consideration.

Linking is also useful when you want to include information that is maintained independently, such as data collected

by a different department, and when you need to keep that information up-to-date in a Word document.

Embedded objects

When you embed a PowerPoint object, information in the Word file doesn't change if you modify the source

PowerPoint file. Embedded objects become part of the Word file and, after they are inserted, they are no longer part

of the source file.

Because the information is totally contained in one Word document, embedding is useful when you don't want the

information to reflect changes in the source file, or when you don't want the document recipients to be concerned with

updating the linked information.

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Update linked objects

By default, linked objects are updated automatically. This means that Word updates the linked information every time

you open the Word file or any time the source PowerPoint file changes while the Word file is open. However, you can
change the settings for individual linked objects so that the linked object is not updated or so that it is updated only

when the reader of your document chooses to manually update it.

You can also prevent Word from automatically updating links in all the documents that you open. You can do this as a

security measure, to prevent updating documents with files that are potentially from an untrusted source.

IMPORTANT When you open a document that contains linked objects, Word prompts you to update the document with

data from the linked files. If you suspect that the linked files may be from an untrusted source, click No in this

message.

In addition, you can permanently break the connection between a linked object and its source PowerPoint file. When

the connection is broken, you can no longer edit the object in the document; it becomes a picture of the PowerPoint

content.

Manually update a linked object

1. Click the Microsoft Office Button , point to Prepare, and then click Edit Links to Files.

2. Click the link that you want to update manually, and then under Update method for selected link, click

Manual update. Or press CTRL+SHIFT+F7.

Prevent a linked object from being updated

1. Click the Microsoft Office Button , point to Prepare, and then click Edit Links to Files.

2. Click the link that you want to prevent from being updated, and then under Update method for selected

link, select the Locked check box. Or press F11.

NOTE To unlock the link, click the linked object, and then press CTRL+SHIFT+F11.

Prevent Word from automatically updating links in all documents

1. Click the Microsoft Office Button , and then click Word Options..

2. Click Advanced, and then scroll down to General.

3. Clear the Update automatic links at open check box.

Break the connection between a linked object and its source

1. Click the Microsoft Office Button , point to Prepare, and then click Edit Links to Files.

2. Click the link that you want to disconnect, and then click Break Link. Or press CTRL+SHIFT+F9.

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Change linked or embedded objects

1. Right-click the object, and point to the command for working with the object on the shortcut menu.

The name of the command depends on whether the object is a slide or an entire presentation, and whether

the object is linked or embedded. For example, if the object is a link to a presentation, the command is

Linked Presentation Object, but if the object is an embedded slide, the command is Slide Object.

2. Click Open or Open Link, depending on whether the object is embedded or linked, and then make the

changes that you want.

If the object is embedded, the changes are only in the copy that is in the document. If the object is linked, the

changes are made to the source file.

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Insert a linked object or embedded object from a

PowerPoint presentation

You can link or embed one or more slides, or you can embed an entire presentation. When you embed a PowerPoint

presentation object in your document, Word runs the PowerPoint slide show when you double-click the presentation

object in the document. You cannot edit the presentation within the document. The presentation object can be

embedded only, not linked.

1. Open both the Word document and the PowerPoint presentation that contains the slides that you want to

create a linked object or embedded object from.

2. Switch to PowerPoint, and then select the entire presentation or the slides that you want.
 NOTE To select slides, in Slide Sorter view, click the slide that you want. To select a range of slides, hold

down SHIFT while you click the first and the last slides of the range. To select multiple slides that are not

next to each other, hold down CTRL while you click the slides that you want.

3. Press CTRL+C.

4. Switch to the Word document, and then click where you want the information to appear.

5. On the Home tab, in the Clipboard group, click the arrow under Paste, and then click Paste Special.

6. In the As list, select Microsoft Office PowerPoint object.

7. Click Paste to insert an embedded object, or click Paste link to insert a link to the object.

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Word > Collaboration

Link or embed a PowerPoint slide

When you want to create a dynamic link between the content of your document and the content in a Microsoft Office

PowerPoint presentation, insert the content as an object. Unlike when you paste content (such as by pressing

CTRL+V), when you insert it as a linked or embedded object, you can still work with it in the original program.

If you insert the slide into the document as a PowerPoint object, Microsoft Office Word runs PowerPoint when you

double-click the slide, and you can use PowerPoint commands to work with the slide.

When you insert an entire PowerPoint presentation as an object, the document displays only one slide. To display

different slides, double-click the PowerPoint object, and then press ENTER to run the slide show.

What do you want to do?

Understand the differences between linked objects and embedded objects

 Update linked objects

Change linked or embedded objects

Insert a linked object or embedded object from a PowerPoint presentation

Understand the differences between linked objects and

embedded objects

The main differences between linked objects and embedded objects are where the data is stored and how you

update the data after you place it in the destination file.

You place either a link to the object or a copy of the object in the document. You can insert content this way from any

program that supports the technology of linking and embedding objects (object linking and embedding, or OLE).

For example, a monthly status report may contain information that is separately maintained in a PowerPoint slide. If

you link the report to the slide, the data in the report can be updated whenever the source file is updated. If you

embed the slide in the report, your report contains a static copy of the data.

Embedded object

Linked object

Source file

Linked objects
When an object is linked, information can be updated if the source file is modified. Linked data is stored in the source

file. The Word file, or destination file, stores only the location of the source file, and it displays a representation of the

linked data. Use linked objects if file size is a consideration.

Linking is also useful when you want to include information that is maintained independently, such as data collected

by a different department, and when you need to keep that information up-to-date in a Word document.

Embedded objects

When you embed a PowerPoint object, information in the Word file doesn't change if you modify the source

PowerPoint file. Embedded objects become part of the Word file and, after they are inserted, they are no longer part

of the source file.

Because the information is totally contained in one Word document, embedding is useful when you don't want the

information to reflect changes in the source file, or when you don't want the document recipients to be concerned with

updating the linked information.

Top of Page

Update linked objects

By default, linked objects are updated automatically. This means that Word updates the linked information every time

you open the Word file or any time the source PowerPoint file changes while the Word file is open. However, you can

change the settings for individual linked objects so that the linked object is not updated or so that it is updated only

when the reader of your document chooses to manually update it.

You can also prevent Word from automatically updating links in all the documents that you open. You can do this as a

security measure, to prevent updating documents with files that are potentially from an untrusted source.

IMPORTANT When you open a document that contains linked objects, Word prompts you to update the document with

data from the linked files. If you suspect that the linked files may be from an untrusted source, click No in this

message.

In addition, you can permanently break the connection between a linked object and its source PowerPoint file. When

the connection is broken, you can no longer edit the object in the document; it becomes a picture of the PowerPoint

content.
Manually update a linked object

1. Click the Microsoft Office Button , point to Prepare, and then click Edit Links to Files.

2. Click the link that you want to update manually, and then under Update method for selected link, click

Manual update. Or press CTRL+SHIFT+F7.

Prevent a linked object from being updated

1. Click the Microsoft Office Button , point to Prepare, and then click Edit Links to Files.

2. Click the link that you want to prevent from being updated, and then under Update method for selected

link, select the Locked check box. Or press F11.

NOTE To unlock the link, click the linked object, and then press CTRL+SHIFT+F11.

Prevent Word from automatically updating links in all documents

1. Click the Microsoft Office Button , and then click Word Options..

2. Click Advanced, and then scroll down to General.

3. Clear the Update automatic links at open check box.

Break the connection between a linked object and its source

1. Click the Microsoft Office Button , point to Prepare, and then click Edit Links to Files.

2. Click the link that you want to disconnect, and then click Break Link. Or press CTRL+SHIFT+F9.

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Change linked or embedded objects

1. Right-click the object, and point to the command for working with the object on the shortcut menu.
 The name of the command depends on whether the object is a slide or an entire presentation, and whether

the object is linked or embedded. For example, if the object is a link to a presentation, the command is

Linked Presentation Object, but if the object is an embedded slide, the command is Slide Object.

2. Click Open or Open Link, depending on whether the object is embedded or linked, and then make the

changes that you want.

If the object is embedded, the changes are only in the copy that is in the document. If the object is linked, the

changes are made to the source file.

Top of Page

Insert a linked object or embedded object from a

PowerPoint presentation

You can link or embed one or more slides, or you can embed an entire presentation. When you embed a PowerPoint

presentation object in your document, Word runs the PowerPoint slide show when you double-click the presentation

object in the document. You cannot edit the presentation within the document. The presentation object can be

embedded only, not linked.

1. Open both the Word document and the PowerPoint presentation that contains the slides that you want to

create a linked object or embedded object from.

2. Switch to PowerPoint, and then select the entire presentation or the slides that you want.

NOTE To select slides, in Slide Sorter view, click the slide that you want. To select a range of slides, hold

down SHIFT while you click the first and the last slides of the range. To select multiple slides that are not

next to each other, hold down CTRL while you click the slides that you want.

3. Press CTRL+C.

4. Switch to the Word document, and then click where you want the information to appear.

5. On the Home tab, in the Clipboard group, click the arrow under Paste, and then click Paste Special.
6. In the As list, select Microsoft Office PowerPoint object.

7. Click Paste to insert an embedded object, or click Paste link to insert a link to the object.

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Word > Collaboration

Link or embed a PowerPoint slide

When you want to create a dynamic link between the content of your document and the content in a Microsoft Office

PowerPoint presentation, insert the content as an object. Unlike when you paste content (such as by pressing

CTRL+V), when you insert it as a linked or embedded object, you can still work with it in the original program.

If you insert the slide into the document as a PowerPoint object, Microsoft Office Word runs PowerPoint when you

double-click the slide, and you can use PowerPoint commands to work with the slide.

When you insert an entire PowerPoint presentation as an object, the document displays only one slide. To display

different slides, double-click the PowerPoint object, and then press ENTER to run the slide show.

What do you want to do?

Understand the differences between linked objects and embedded objects

Update linked objects

Change linked or embedded objects

Insert a linked object or embedded object from a PowerPoint presentation

Understand the differences between linked objects and

embedded objects
The main differences between linked objects and embedded objects are where the data is stored and how you

update the data after you place it in the destination file.

You place either a link to the object or a copy of the object in the document. You can insert content this way from any

program that supports the technology of linking and embedding objects (object linking and embedding, or OLE).

For example, a monthly status report may contain information that is separately maintained in a PowerPoint slide. If

you link the report to the slide, the data in the report can be updated whenever the source file is updated. If you

embed the slide in the report, your report contains a static copy of the data.

Embedded object

Linked object

Source file

Linked objects

When an object is linked, information can be updated if the source file is modified. Linked data is stored in the source

file. The Word file, or destination file, stores only the location of the source file, and it displays a representation of the

linked data. Use linked objects if file size is a consideration.

Linking is also useful when you want to include information that is maintained independently, such as data collected

by a different department, and when you need to keep that information up-to-date in a Word document.

Embedded objects

When you embed a PowerPoint object, information in the Word file doesn't change if you modify the source

PowerPoint file. Embedded objects become part of the Word file and, after they are inserted, they are no longer part

of the source file.

Because the information is totally contained in one Word document, embedding is useful when you don't want the

information to reflect changes in the source file, or when you don't want the document recipients to be concerned with

updating the linked information.

Top of Page

Update linked objects

By default, linked objects are updated automatically. This means that Word updates the linked information every time

you open the Word file or any time the source PowerPoint file changes while the Word file is open. However, you can

change the settings for individual linked objects so that the linked object is not updated or so that it is updated only

when the reader of your document chooses to manually update it.

You can also prevent Word from automatically updating links in all the documents that you open. You can do this as a

security measure, to prevent updating documents with files that are potentially from an untrusted source.

IMPORTANT When you open a document that contains linked objects, Word prompts you to update the document with

data from the linked files. If you suspect that the linked files may be from an untrusted source, click No in this

message.

In addition, you can permanently break the connection between a linked object and its source PowerPoint file. When

the connection is broken, you can no longer edit the object in the document; it becomes a picture of the PowerPoint

content.

Manually update a linked object

1. Click the Microsoft Office Button , point to Prepare, and then click Edit Links to Files.

2. Click the link that you want to update manually, and then under Update method for selected link, click

Manual update. Or press CTRL+SHIFT+F7.

Prevent a linked object from being updated

1. Click the Microsoft Office Button , point to Prepare, and then click Edit Links to Files.
2. Click the link that you want to prevent from being updated, and then under Update method for selected

link, select the Locked check box. Or press F11.

NOTE To unlock the link, click the linked object, and then press CTRL+SHIFT+F11.

Prevent Word from automatically updating links in all documents

1. Click the Microsoft Office Button , and then click Word Options..

2. Click Advanced, and then scroll down to General.

3. Clear the Update automatic links at open check box.

Break the connection between a linked object and its source

1. Click the Microsoft Office Button , point to Prepare, and then click Edit Links to Files.

2. Click the link that you want to disconnect, and then click Break Link. Or press CTRL+SHIFT+F9.

Top of Page

Change linked or embedded objects

1. Right-click the object, and point to the command for working with the object on the shortcut menu.

The name of the command depends on whether the object is a slide or an entire presentation, and whether

the object is linked or embedded. For example, if the object is a link to a presentation, the command is

Linked Presentation Object, but if the object is an embedded slide, the command is Slide Object.

2. Click Open or Open Link, depending on whether the object is embedded or linked, and then make the

changes that you want.

If the object is embedded, the changes are only in the copy that is in the document. If the object is linked, the

changes are made to the source file.

Top of Page
Insert a linked object or embedded object from a
PowerPoint presentation

You can link or embed one or more slides, or you can embed an entire presentation. When you embed a PowerPoint

presentation object in your document, Word runs the PowerPoint slide show when you double-click the presentation

object in the document. You cannot edit the presentation within the document. The presentation object can be

embedded only, not linked.

1. Open both the Word document and the PowerPoint presentation that contains the slides that you want to

create a linked object or embedded object from.

2. Switch to PowerPoint, and then select the entire presentation or the slides that you want.

NOTE To select slides, in Slide Sorter view, click the slide that you want. To select a range of slides, hold

down SHIFT while you click the first and the last slides of the range. To select multiple slides that are not

next to each other, hold down CTRL while you click the slides that you want.

3. Press CTRL+C.

4. Switch to the Word document, and then click where you want the information to appear.

5. On the Home tab, in the Clipboard group, click the arrow under Paste, and then click Paste Special.

6. In the As list, select Microsoft Office PowerPoint object.

7. Click Paste to insert an embedded object, or click Paste link to insert a link to the object.

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Word > Collaboration

Link or embed a PowerPoint slide

When you want to create a dynamic link between the content of your document and the content in a Microsoft Office

PowerPoint presentation, insert the content as an object. Unlike when you paste content (such as by pressing

CTRL+V), when you insert it as a linked or embedded object, you can still work with it in the original program.

If you insert the slide into the document as a PowerPoint object, Microsoft Office Word runs PowerPoint when you

double-click the slide, and you can use PowerPoint commands to work with the slide.

When you insert an entire PowerPoint presentation as an object, the document displays only one slide. To display

different slides, double-click the PowerPoint object, and then press ENTER to run the slide show.

What do you want to do?

Understand the differences between linked objects and embedded objects

Update linked objects

Change linked or embedded objects

Insert a linked object or embedded object from a PowerPoint presentation

Understand the differences between linked objects and

embedded objects

The main differences between linked objects and embedded objects are where the data is stored and how you

update the data after you place it in the destination file.

You place either a link to the object or a copy of the object in the document. You can insert content this way from any

program that supports the technology of linking and embedding objects (object linking and embedding, or OLE).

For example, a monthly status report may contain information that is separately maintained in a PowerPoint slide. If

you link the report to the slide, the data in the report can be updated whenever the source file is updated. If you

embed the slide in the report, your report contains a static copy of the data.
 Embedded object

Linked object

Source file

Linked objects

When an object is linked, information can be updated if the source file is modified. Linked data is stored in the source

file. The Word file, or destination file, stores only the location of the source file, and it displays a representation of the

linked data. Use linked objects if file size is a consideration.

Linking is also useful when you want to include information that is maintained independently, such as data collected

by a different department, and when you need to keep that information up-to-date in a Word document.

Embedded objects

When you embed a PowerPoint object, information in the Word file doesn't change if you modify the source

PowerPoint file. Embedded objects become part of the Word file and, after they are inserted, they are no longer part

of the source file.

Because the information is totally contained in one Word document, embedding is useful when you don't want the

information to reflect changes in the source file, or when you don't want the document recipients to be concerned with

updating the linked information.

Top of Page

Update linked objects

By default, linked objects are updated automatically. This means that Word updates the linked information every time

you open the Word file or any time the source PowerPoint file changes while the Word file is open. However, you can
change the settings for individual linked objects so that the linked object is not updated or so that it is updated only

when the reader of your document chooses to manually update it.

You can also prevent Word from automatically updating links in all the documents that you open. You can do this as a

security measure, to prevent updating documents with files that are potentially from an untrusted source.

IMPORTANT When you open a document that contains linked objects, Word prompts you to update the document with

data from the linked files. If you suspect that the linked files may be from an untrusted source, click No in this

message.

In addition, you can permanently break the connection between a linked object and its source PowerPoint file. When

the connection is broken, you can no longer edit the object in the document; it becomes a picture of the PowerPoint

content.

Manually update a linked object

1. Click the Microsoft Office Button , point to Prepare, and then click Edit Links to Files.

2. Click the link that you want to update manually, and then under Update method for selected link, click

Manual update. Or press CTRL+SHIFT+F7.

Prevent a linked object from being updated

1. Click the Microsoft Office Button , point to Prepare, and then click Edit Links to Files.

2. Click the link that you want to prevent from being updated, and then under Update method for selected

link, select the Locked check box. Or press F11.

NOTE To unlock the link, click the linked object, and then press CTRL+SHIFT+F11.

Prevent Word from automatically updating links in all documents

1. Click the Microsoft Office Button , and then click Word Options..

2. Click Advanced, and then scroll down to General.

3. Clear the Update automatic links at open check box.

Break the connection between a linked object and its source

1. Click the Microsoft Office Button , point to Prepare, and then click Edit Links to Files.

2. Click the link that you want to disconnect, and then click Break Link. Or press CTRL+SHIFT+F9.

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Change linked or embedded objects

1. Right-click the object, and point to the command for working with the object on the shortcut menu.

The name of the command depends on whether the object is a slide or an entire presentation, and whether

the object is linked or embedded. For example, if the object is a link to a presentation, the command is

Linked Presentation Object, but if the object is an embedded slide, the command is Slide Object.

2. Click Open or Open Link, depending on whether the object is embedded or linked, and then make the

changes that you want.

If the object is embedded, the changes are only in the copy that is in the document. If the object is linked, the

changes are made to the source file.

Top of Page

Insert a linked object or embedded object from a

PowerPoint presentation

You can link or embed one or more slides, or you can embed an entire presentation. When you embed a PowerPoint

presentation object in your document, Word runs the PowerPoint slide show when you double-click the presentation

object in the document. You cannot edit the presentation within the document. The presentation object can be

embedded only, not linked.

1. Open both the Word document and the PowerPoint presentation that contains the slides that you want to

create a linked object or embedded object from.

2. Switch to PowerPoint, and then select the entire presentation or the slides that you want.
 NOTE To select slides, in Slide Sorter view, click the slide that you want. To select a range of slides, hold

down SHIFT while you click the first and the last slides of the range. To select multiple slides that are not

next to each other, hold down CTRL while you click the slides that you want.

3. Press CTRL+C.

4. Switch to the Word document, and then click where you want the information to appear.

5. On the Home tab, in the Clipboard group, click the arrow under Paste, and then click Paste Special.

6. In the As list, select Microsoft Office PowerPoint object.

7. Click Paste to insert an embedded object, or click Paste link to insert a link to the object.

Top of Page

Word > Collaboration

Link or embed a PowerPoint slide

When you want to create a dynamic link between the content of your document and the content in a Microsoft Office

PowerPoint presentation, insert the content as an object. Unlike when you paste content (such as by pressing

CTRL+V), when you insert it as a linked or embedded object, you can still work with it in the original program.

If you insert the slide into the document as a PowerPoint object, Microsoft Office Word runs PowerPoint when you

double-click the slide, and you can use PowerPoint commands to work with the slide.

When you insert an entire PowerPoint presentation as an object, the document displays only one slide. To display

different slides, double-click the PowerPoint object, and then press ENTER to run the slide show.

What do you want to do?

Understand the differences between linked objects and embedded objects

 Update linked objects

Change linked or embedded objects

Insert a linked object or embedded object from a PowerPoint presentation

Understand the differences between linked objects and

embedded objects

The main differences between linked objects and embedded objects are where the data is stored and how you

update the data after you place it in the destination file.

You place either a link to the object or a copy of the object in the document. You can insert content this way from any

program that supports the technology of linking and embedding objects (object linking and embedding, or OLE).

For example, a monthly status report may contain information that is separately maintained in a PowerPoint slide. If

you link the report to the slide, the data in the report can be updated whenever the source file is updated. If you

embed the slide in the report, your report contains a static copy of the data.

Embedded object

Linked object

Source file

Linked objects
When an object is linked, information can be updated if the source file is modified. Linked data is stored in the source

file. The Word file, or destination file, stores only the location of the source file, and it displays a representation of the

linked data. Use linked objects if file size is a consideration.

Linking is also useful when you want to include information that is maintained independently, such as data collected

by a different department, and when you need to keep that information up-to-date in a Word document.

Embedded objects

When you embed a PowerPoint object, information in the Word file doesn't change if you modify the source

PowerPoint file. Embedded objects become part of the Word file and, after they are inserted, they are no longer part

of the source file.

Because the information is totally contained in one Word document, embedding is useful when you don't want the

information to reflect changes in the source file, or when you don't want the document recipients to be concerned with

updating the linked information.

Top of Page

Update linked objects

By default, linked objects are updated automatically. This means that Word updates the linked information every time

you open the Word file or any time the source PowerPoint file changes while the Word file is open. However, you can

change the settings for individual linked objects so that the linked object is not updated or so that it is updated only

when the reader of your document chooses to manually update it.

You can also prevent Word from automatically updating links in all the documents that you open. You can do this as a

security measure, to prevent updating documents with files that are potentially from an untrusted source.

IMPORTANT When you open a document that contains linked objects, Word prompts you to update the document with

data from the linked files. If you suspect that the linked files may be from an untrusted source, click No in this

message.

In addition, you can permanently break the connection between a linked object and its source PowerPoint file. When

the connection is broken, you can no longer edit the object in the document; it becomes a picture of the PowerPoint

content.
Manually update a linked object

1. Click the Microsoft Office Button , point to Prepare, and then click Edit Links to Files.

2. Click the link that you want to update manually, and then under Update method for selected link, click

Manual update. Or press CTRL+SHIFT+F7.

Prevent a linked object from being updated

1. Click the Microsoft Office Button , point to Prepare, and then click Edit Links to Files.

2. Click the link that you want to prevent from being updated, and then under Update method for selected

link, select the Locked check box. Or press F11.

NOTE To unlock the link, click the linked object, and then press CTRL+SHIFT+F11.

Prevent Word from automatically updating links in all documents

1. Click the Microsoft Office Button , and then click Word Options..

2. Click Advanced, and then scroll down to General.

3. Clear the Update automatic links at open check box.

Break the connection between a linked object and its source

1. Click the Microsoft Office Button , point to Prepare, and then click Edit Links to Files.

2. Click the link that you want to disconnect, and then click Break Link. Or press CTRL+SHIFT+F9.

Top of Page

Change linked or embedded objects

1. Right-click the object, and point to the command for working with the object on the shortcut menu.
 The name of the command depends on whether the object is a slide or an entire presentation, and whether

the object is linked or embedded. For example, if the object is a link to a presentation, the command is

Linked Presentation Object, but if the object is an embedded slide, the command is Slide Object.

2. Click Open or Open Link, depending on whether the object is embedded or linked, and then make the

changes that you want.

If the object is embedded, the changes are only in the copy that is in the document. If the object is linked, the

changes are made to the source file.

Top of Page

Insert a linked object or embedded object from a

PowerPoint presentation

You can link or embed one or more slides, or you can embed an entire presentation. When you embed a PowerPoint

presentation object in your document, Word runs the PowerPoint slide show when you double-click the presentation

object in the document. You cannot edit the presentation within the document. The presentation object can be

embedded only, not linked.

1. Open both the Word document and the PowerPoint presentation that contains the slides that you want to

create a linked object or embedded object from.

2. Switch to PowerPoint, and then select the entire presentation or the slides that you want.

NOTE To select slides, in Slide Sorter view, click the slide that you want. To select a range of slides, hold

down SHIFT while you click the first and the last slides of the range. To select multiple slides that are not

next to each other, hold down CTRL while you click the slides that you want.

3. Press CTRL+C.

4. Switch to the Word document, and then click where you want the information to appear.

5. On the Home tab, in the Clipboard group, click the arrow under Paste, and then click Paste Special.
6. In the As list, select Microsoft Office PowerPoint object.

7. Click Paste to insert an embedded object, or click Paste link to insert a link to the object.

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Word > Collaboration

Link or embed a PowerPoint slide

When you want to create a dynamic link between the content of your document and the content in a Microsoft Office

PowerPoint presentation, insert the content as an object. Unlike when you paste content (such as by pressing

CTRL+V), when you insert it as a linked or embedded object, you can still work with it in the original program.

If you insert the slide into the document as a PowerPoint object, Microsoft Office Word runs PowerPoint when you

double-click the slide, and you can use PowerPoint commands to work with the slide.

When you insert an entire PowerPoint presentation as an object, the document displays only one slide. To display

different slides, double-click the PowerPoint object, and then press ENTER to run the slide show.

What do you want to do?

Understand the differences between linked objects and embedded objects

Update linked objects

Change linked or embedded objects

Insert a linked object or embedded object from a PowerPoint presentation

Understand the differences between linked objects and

embedded objects
The main differences between linked objects and embedded objects are where the data is stored and how you

update the data after you place it in the destination file.

You place either a link to the object or a copy of the object in the document. You can insert content this way from any

program that supports the technology of linking and embedding objects (object linking and embedding, or OLE).

For example, a monthly status report may contain information that is separately maintained in a PowerPoint slide. If

you link the report to the slide, the data in the report can be updated whenever the source file is updated. If you

embed the slide in the report, your report contains a static copy of the data.

Embedded object

Linked object

Source file

Linked objects

When an object is linked, information can be updated if the source file is modified. Linked data is stored in the source

file. The Word file, or destination file, stores only the location of the source file, and it displays a representation of the

linked data. Use linked objects if file size is a consideration.

Linking is also useful when you want to include information that is maintained independently, such as data collected

by a different department, and when you need to keep that information up-to-date in a Word document.

Embedded objects

When you embed a PowerPoint object, information in the Word file doesn't change if you modify the source

PowerPoint file. Embedded objects become part of the Word file and, after they are inserted, they are no longer part

of the source file.

Because the information is totally contained in one Word document, embedding is useful when you don't want the

information to reflect changes in the source file, or when you don't want the document recipients to be concerned with

updating the linked information.

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Update linked objects

By default, linked objects are updated automatically. This means that Word updates the linked information every time

you open the Word file or any time the source PowerPoint file changes while the Word file is open. However, you can

change the settings for individual linked objects so that the linked object is not updated or so that it is updated only

when the reader of your document chooses to manually update it.

You can also prevent Word from automatically updating links in all the documents that you open. You can do this as a

security measure, to prevent updating documents with files that are potentially from an untrusted source.

IMPORTANT When you open a document that contains linked objects, Word prompts you to update the document with

data from the linked files. If you suspect that the linked files may be from an untrusted source, click No in this

message.

In addition, you can permanently break the connection between a linked object and its source PowerPoint file. When

the connection is broken, you can no longer edit the object in the document; it becomes a picture of the PowerPoint

content.

Manually update a linked object

1. Click the Microsoft Office Button , point to Prepare, and then click Edit Links to Files.

2. Click the link that you want to update manually, and then under Update method for selected link, click

Manual update. Or press CTRL+SHIFT+F7.

Prevent a linked object from being updated

1. Click the Microsoft Office Button , point to Prepare, and then click Edit Links to Files.
2. Click the link that you want to prevent from being updated, and then under Update method for selected

link, select the Locked check box. Or press F11.

NOTE To unlock the link, click the linked object, and then press CTRL+SHIFT+F11.

Prevent Word from automatically updating links in all documents

1. Click the Microsoft Office Button , and then click Word Options..

2. Click Advanced, and then scroll down to General.

3. Clear the Update automatic links at open check box.

Break the connection between a linked object and its source

1. Click the Microsoft Office Button , point to Prepare, and then click Edit Links to Files.

2. Click the link that you want to disconnect, and then click Break Link. Or press CTRL+SHIFT+F9.

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Change linked or embedded objects

1. Right-click the object, and point to the command for working with the object on the shortcut menu.

The name of the command depends on whether the object is a slide or an entire presentation, and whether

the object is linked or embedded. For example, if the object is a link to a presentation, the command is

Linked Presentation Object, but if the object is an embedded slide, the command is Slide Object.

2. Click Open or Open Link, depending on whether the object is embedded or linked, and then make the

changes that you want.

If the object is embedded, the changes are only in the copy that is in the document. If the object is linked, the

changes are made to the source file.

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Insert a linked object or embedded object from a
PowerPoint presentation

You can link or embed one or more slides, or you can embed an entire presentation. When you embed a PowerPoint

presentation object in your document, Word runs the PowerPoint slide show when you double-click the presentation

object in the document. You cannot edit the presentation within the document. The presentation object can be

embedded only, not linked.

1. Open both the Word document and the PowerPoint presentation that contains the slides that you want to

create a linked object or embedded object from.

2. Switch to PowerPoint, and then select the entire presentation or the slides that you want.

NOTE To select slides, in Slide Sorter view, click the slide that you want. To select a range of slides, hold

down SHIFT while you click the first and the last slides of the range. To select multiple slides that are not

next to each other, hold down CTRL while you click the slides that you want.

3. Press CTRL+C.

4. Switch to the Word document, and then click where you want the information to appear.

5. On the Home tab, in the Clipboard group, click the arrow under Paste, and then click Paste Special.

6. In the As list, select Microsoft Office PowerPoint object.

7. Click Paste to insert an embedded object, or click Paste link to insert a link to the object.

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Word > Collaboration

Link or embed a PowerPoint slide

When you want to create a dynamic link between the content of your document and the content in a Microsoft Office

PowerPoint presentation, insert the content as an object. Unlike when you paste content (such as by pressing

CTRL+V), when you insert it as a linked or embedded object, you can still work with it in the original program.

If you insert the slide into the document as a PowerPoint object, Microsoft Office Word runs PowerPoint when you

double-click the slide, and you can use PowerPoint commands to work with the slide.

When you insert an entire PowerPoint presentation as an object, the document displays only one slide. To display

different slides, double-click the PowerPoint object, and then press ENTER to run the slide show.

What do you want to do?

Understand the differences between linked objects and embedded objects

Update linked objects

Change linked or embedded objects

Insert a linked object or embedded object from a PowerPoint presentation

Understand the differences between linked objects and

embedded objects

The main differences between linked objects and embedded objects are where the data is stored and how you

update the data after you place it in the destination file.

You place either a link to the object or a copy of the object in the document. You can insert content this way from any

program that supports the technology of linking and embedding objects (object linking and embedding, or OLE).

For example, a monthly status report may contain information that is separately maintained in a PowerPoint slide. If

you link the report to the slide, the data in the report can be updated whenever the source file is updated. If you

embed the slide in the report, your report contains a static copy of the data.
 Embedded object

Linked object

Source file

Linked objects

When an object is linked, information can be updated if the source file is modified. Linked data is stored in the source

file. The Word file, or destination file, stores only the location of the source file, and it displays a representation of the

linked data. Use linked objects if file size is a consideration.

Linking is also useful when you want to include information that is maintained independently, such as data collected

by a different department, and when you need to keep that information up-to-date in a Word document.

Embedded objects

When you embed a PowerPoint object, information in the Word file doesn't change if you modify the source

PowerPoint file. Embedded objects become part of the Word file and, after they are inserted, they are no longer part

of the source file.

Because the information is totally contained in one Word document, embedding is useful when you don't want the

information to reflect changes in the source file, or when you don't want the document recipients to be concerned with

updating the linked information.

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Update linked objects

By default, linked objects are updated automatically. This means that Word updates the linked information every time

you open the Word file or any time the source PowerPoint file changes while the Word file is open. However, you can
change the settings for individual linked objects so that the linked object is not updated or so that it is updated only

when the reader of your document chooses to manually update it.

You can also prevent Word from automatically updating links in all the documents that you open. You can do this as a

security measure, to prevent updating documents with files that are potentially from an untrusted source.

IMPORTANT When you open a document that contains linked objects, Word prompts you to update the document with

data from the linked files. If you suspect that the linked files may be from an untrusted source, click No in this

message.

In addition, you can permanently break the connection between a linked object and its source PowerPoint file. When

the connection is broken, you can no longer edit the object in the document; it becomes a picture of the PowerPoint

content.

Manually update a linked object

1. Click the Microsoft Office Button , point to Prepare, and then click Edit Links to Files.

2. Click the link that you want to update manually, and then under Update method for selected link, click

Manual update. Or press CTRL+SHIFT+F7.

Prevent a linked object from being updated

1. Click the Microsoft Office Button , point to Prepare, and then click Edit Links to Files.

2. Click the link that you want to prevent from being updated, and then under Update method for selected

link, select the Locked check box. Or press F11.

NOTE To unlock the link, click the linked object, and then press CTRL+SHIFT+F11.

Prevent Word from automatically updating links in all documents

1. Click the Microsoft Office Button , and then click Word Options..

2. Click Advanced, and then scroll down to General.

3. Clear the Update automatic links at open check box.

Break the connection between a linked object and its source

1. Click the Microsoft Office Button , point to Prepare, and then click Edit Links to Files.

2. Click the link that you want to disconnect, and then click Break Link. Or press CTRL+SHIFT+F9.

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Change linked or embedded objects

1. Right-click the object, and point to the command for working with the object on the shortcut menu.

The name of the command depends on whether the object is a slide or an entire presentation, and whether

the object is linked or embedded. For example, if the object is a link to a presentation, the command is

Linked Presentation Object, but if the object is an embedded slide, the command is Slide Object.

2. Click Open or Open Link, depending on whether the object is embedded or linked, and then make the

changes that you want.

If the object is embedded, the changes are only in the copy that is in the document. If the object is linked, the

changes are made to the source file.

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Insert a linked object or embedded object from a

PowerPoint presentation

You can link or embed one or more slides, or you can embed an entire presentation. When you embed a PowerPoint

presentation object in your document, Word runs the PowerPoint slide show when you double-click the presentation

object in the document. You cannot edit the presentation within the document. The presentation object can be

embedded only, not linked.

1. Open both the Word document and the PowerPoint presentation that contains the slides that you want to

create a linked object or embedded object from.

2. Switch to PowerPoint, and then select the entire presentation or the slides that you want.
 NOTE To select slides, in Slide Sorter view, click the slide that you want. To select a range of slides, hold

down SHIFT while you click the first and the last slides of the range. To select multiple slides that are not

next to each other, hold down CTRL while you click the slides that you want.

3. Press CTRL+C.

4. Switch to the Word document, and then click where you want the information to appear.

5. On the Home tab, in the Clipboard group, click the arrow under Paste, and then click Paste Special.

6. In the As list, select Microsoft Office PowerPoint object.

7. Click Paste to insert an embedded object, or click Paste link to insert a link to the object.

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Word > Collaboration

Link or embed a PowerPoint slide

When you want to create a dynamic link between the content of your document and the content in a Microsoft Office

PowerPoint presentation, insert the content as an object. Unlike when you paste content (such as by pressing

CTRL+V), when you insert it as a linked or embedded object, you can still work with it in the original program.

If you insert the slide into the document as a PowerPoint object, Microsoft Office Word runs PowerPoint when you

double-click the slide, and you can use PowerPoint commands to work with the slide.

When you insert an entire PowerPoint presentation as an object, the document displays only one slide. To display

different slides, double-click the PowerPoint object, and then press ENTER to run the slide show.

What do you want to do?

Understand the differences between linked objects and embedded objects

 Update linked objects

Change linked or embedded objects

Insert a linked object or embedded object from a PowerPoint presentation

Understand the differences between linked objects and

embedded objects

The main differences between linked objects and embedded objects are where the data is stored and how you

update the data after you place it in the destination file.

You place either a link to the object or a copy of the object in the document. You can insert content this way from any

program that supports the technology of linking and embedding objects (object linking and embedding, or OLE).

For example, a monthly status report may contain information that is separately maintained in a PowerPoint slide. If

you link the report to the slide, the data in the report can be updated whenever the source file is updated. If you

embed the slide in the report, your report contains a static copy of the data.

Embedded object

Linked object

Source file

Linked objects
When an object is linked, information can be updated if the source file is modified. Linked data is stored in the source

file. The Word file, or destination file, stores only the location of the source file, and it displays a representation of the

linked data. Use linked objects if file size is a consideration.

Linking is also useful when you want to include information that is maintained independently, such as data collected

by a different department, and when you need to keep that information up-to-date in a Word document.

Embedded objects

When you embed a PowerPoint object, information in the Word file doesn't change if you modify the source

PowerPoint file. Embedded objects become part of the Word file and, after they are inserted, they are no longer part

of the source file.

Because the information is totally contained in one Word document, embedding is useful when you don't want the

information to reflect changes in the source file, or when you don't want the document recipients to be concerned with

updating the linked information.

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Update linked objects

By default, linked objects are updated automatically. This means that Word updates the linked information every time

you open the Word file or any time the source PowerPoint file changes while the Word file is open. However, you can

change the settings for individual linked objects so that the linked object is not updated or so that it is updated only

when the reader of your document chooses to manually update it.

You can also prevent Word from automatically updating links in all the documents that you open. You can do this as a

security measure, to prevent updating documents with files that are potentially from an untrusted source.

IMPORTANT When you open a document that contains linked objects, Word prompts you to update the document with

data from the linked files. If you suspect that the linked files may be from an untrusted source, click No in this

message.

In addition, you can permanently break the connection between a linked object and its source PowerPoint file. When

the connection is broken, you can no longer edit the object in the document; it becomes a picture of the PowerPoint

content.
Manually update a linked object

1. Click the Microsoft Office Button , point to Prepare, and then click Edit Links to Files.

2. Click the link that you want to update manually, and then under Update method for selected link, click

Manual update. Or press CTRL+SHIFT+F7.

Prevent a linked object from being updated

1. Click the Microsoft Office Button , point to Prepare, and then click Edit Links to Files.

2. Click the link that you want to prevent from being updated, and then under Update method for selected

link, select the Locked check box. Or press F11.

NOTE To unlock the link, click the linked object, and then press CTRL+SHIFT+F11.

Prevent Word from automatically updating links in all documents

1. Click the Microsoft Office Button , and then click Word Options..

2. Click Advanced, and then scroll down to General.

3. Clear the Update automatic links at open check box.

Break the connection between a linked object and its source

1. Click the Microsoft Office Button , point to Prepare, and then click Edit Links to Files.

2. Click the link that you want to disconnect, and then click Break Link. Or press CTRL+SHIFT+F9.

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Change linked or embedded objects

1. Right-click the object, and point to the command for working with the object on the shortcut menu.
 The name of the command depends on whether the object is a slide or an entire presentation, and whether

the object is linked or embedded. For example, if the object is a link to a presentation, the command is

Linked Presentation Object, but if the object is an embedded slide, the command is Slide Object.

2. Click Open or Open Link, depending on whether the object is embedded or linked, and then make the

changes that you want.

If the object is embedded, the changes are only in the copy that is in the document. If the object is linked, the

changes are made to the source file.

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Insert a linked object or embedded object from a

PowerPoint presentation

You can link or embed one or more slides, or you can embed an entire presentation. When you embed a PowerPoint

presentation object in your document, Word runs the PowerPoint slide show when you double-click the presentation

object in the document. You cannot edit the presentation within the document. The presentation object can be

embedded only, not linked.

1. Open both the Word document and the PowerPoint presentation that contains the slides that you want to

create a linked object or embedded object from.

2. Switch to PowerPoint, and then select the entire presentation or the slides that you want.

NOTE To select slides, in Slide Sorter view, click the slide that you want. To select a range of slides, hold

down SHIFT while you click the first and the last slides of the range. To select multiple slides that are not

next to each other, hold down CTRL while you click the slides that you want.

3. Press CTRL+C.

4. Switch to the Word document, and then click where you want the information to appear.

5. On the Home tab, in the Clipboard group, click the arrow under Paste, and then click Paste Special.
6. In the As list, select Microsoft Office PowerPoint object.

7. Click Paste to insert an embedded object, or click Paste link to insert a link to the object.

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Word > Collaboration

Link or embed a PowerPoint slide

When you want to create a dynamic link between the content of your document and the content in a Microsoft Office

PowerPoint presentation, insert the content as an object. Unlike when you paste content (such as by pressing

CTRL+V), when you insert it as a linked or embedded object, you can still work with it in the original program.

If you insert the slide into the document as a PowerPoint object, Microsoft Office Word runs PowerPoint when you

double-click the slide, and you can use PowerPoint commands to work with the slide.

When you insert an entire PowerPoint presentation as an object, the document displays only one slide. To display

different slides, double-click the PowerPoint object, and then press ENTER to run the slide show.

What do you want to do?

Understand the differences between linked objects and embedded objects

Update linked objects

Change linked or embedded objects

Insert a linked object or embedded object from a PowerPoint presentation

Understand the differences between linked objects and

embedded objects
The main differences between linked objects and embedded objects are where the data is stored and how you

update the data after you place it in the destination file.

You place either a link to the object or a copy of the object in the document. You can insert content this way from any

program that supports the technology of linking and embedding objects (object linking and embedding, or OLE).

For example, a monthly status report may contain information that is separately maintained in a PowerPoint slide. If

you link the report to the slide, the data in the report can be updated whenever the source file is updated. If you

embed the slide in the report, your report contains a static copy of the data.

Embedded object

Linked object

Source file

Linked objects

When an object is linked, information can be updated if the source file is modified. Linked data is stored in the source

file. The Word file, or destination file, stores only the location of the source file, and it displays a representation of the

linked data. Use linked objects if file size is a consideration.

Linking is also useful when you want to include information that is maintained independently, such as data collected

by a different department, and when you need to keep that information up-to-date in a Word document.

Embedded objects

When you embed a PowerPoint object, information in the Word file doesn't change if you modify the source

PowerPoint file. Embedded objects become part of the Word file and, after they are inserted, they are no longer part

of the source file.

Because the information is totally contained in one Word document, embedding is useful when you don't want the

information to reflect changes in the source file, or when you don't want the document recipients to be concerned with

updating the linked information.

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Update linked objects

By default, linked objects are updated automatically. This means that Word updates the linked information every time

you open the Word file or any time the source PowerPoint file changes while the Word file is open. However, you can

change the settings for individual linked objects so that the linked object is not updated or so that it is updated only

when the reader of your document chooses to manually update it.

You can also prevent Word from automatically updating links in all the documents that you open. You can do this as a

security measure, to prevent updating documents with files that are potentially from an untrusted source.

IMPORTANT When you open a document that contains linked objects, Word prompts you to update the document with

data from the linked files. If you suspect that the linked files may be from an untrusted source, click No in this

message.

In addition, you can permanently break the connection between a linked object and its source PowerPoint file. When

the connection is broken, you can no longer edit the object in the document; it becomes a picture of the PowerPoint

content.

Manually update a linked object

1. Click the Microsoft Office Button , point to Prepare, and then click Edit Links to Files.

2. Click the link that you want to update manually, and then under Update method for selected link, click

Manual update. Or press CTRL+SHIFT+F7.

Prevent a linked object from being updated

1. Click the Microsoft Office Button , point to Prepare, and then click Edit Links to Files.
2. Click the link that you want to prevent from being updated, and then under Update method for selected

link, select the Locked check box. Or press F11.

NOTE To unlock the link, click the linked object, and then press CTRL+SHIFT+F11.

Prevent Word from automatically updating links in all documents

1. Click the Microsoft Office Button , and then click Word Options..

2. Click Advanced, and then scroll down to General.

3. Clear the Update automatic links at open check box.

Break the connection between a linked object and its source

1. Click the Microsoft Office Button , point to Prepare, and then click Edit Links to Files.

2. Click the link that you want to disconnect, and then click Break Link. Or press CTRL+SHIFT+F9.

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Change linked or embedded objects

1. Right-click the object, and point to the command for working with the object on the shortcut menu.

The name of the command depends on whether the object is a slide or an entire presentation, and whether

the object is linked or embedded. For example, if the object is a link to a presentation, the command is

Linked Presentation Object, but if the object is an embedded slide, the command is Slide Object.

2. Click Open or Open Link, depending on whether the object is embedded or linked, and then make the

changes that you want.

If the object is embedded, the changes are only in the copy that is in the document. If the object is linked, the

changes are made to the source file.

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Insert a linked object or embedded object from a
PowerPoint presentation

You can link or embed one or more slides, or you can embed an entire presentation. When you embed a PowerPoint

presentation object in your document, Word runs the PowerPoint slide show when you double-click the presentation

object in the document. You cannot edit the presentation within the document. The presentation object can be

embedded only, not linked.

1. Open both the Word document and the PowerPoint presentation that contains the slides that you want to

create a linked object or embedded object from.

2. Switch to PowerPoint, and then select the entire presentation or the slides that you want.

NOTE To select slides, in Slide Sorter view, click the slide that you want. To select a range of slides, hold

down SHIFT while you click the first and the last slides of the range. To select multiple slides that are not

next to each other, hold down CTRL while you click the slides that you want.

3. Press CTRL+C.

4. Switch to the Word document, and then click where you want the information to appear.

5. On the Home tab, in the Clipboard group, click the arrow under Paste, and then click Paste Special.

6. In the As list, select Microsoft Office PowerPoint object.

7. Click Paste to insert an embedded object, or click Paste link to insert a link to the object.

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Word > Collaboration

Link or embed a PowerPoint slide

When you want to create a dynamic link between the content of your document and the content in a Microsoft Office

PowerPoint presentation, insert the content as an object. Unlike when you paste content (such as by pressing

CTRL+V), when you insert it as a linked or embedded object, you can still work with it in the original program.

If you insert the slide into the document as a PowerPoint object, Microsoft Office Word runs PowerPoint when you

double-click the slide, and you can use PowerPoint commands to work with the slide.

When you insert an entire PowerPoint presentation as an object, the document displays only one slide. To display

different slides, double-click the PowerPoint object, and then press ENTER to run the slide show.

What do you want to do?

Understand the differences between linked objects and embedded objects

Update linked objects

Change linked or embedded objects

Insert a linked object or embedded object from a PowerPoint presentation

Understand the differences between linked objects and

embedded objects

The main differences between linked objects and embedded objects are where the data is stored and how you

update the data after you place it in the destination file.

You place either a link to the object or a copy of the object in the document. You can insert content this way from any

program that supports the technology of linking and embedding objects (object linking and embedding, or OLE).

For example, a monthly status report may contain information that is separately maintained in a PowerPoint slide. If

you link the report to the slide, the data in the report can be updated whenever the source file is updated. If you

embed the slide in the report, your report contains a static copy of the data.
 Embedded object

Linked object

Source file

Linked objects

When an object is linked, information can be updated if the source file is modified. Linked data is stored in the source

file. The Word file, or destination file, stores only the location of the source file, and it displays a representation of the

linked data. Use linked objects if file size is a consideration.

Linking is also useful when you want to include information that is maintained independently, such as data collected

by a different department, and when you need to keep that information up-to-date in a Word document.

Embedded objects

When you embed a PowerPoint object, information in the Word file doesn't change if you modify the source

PowerPoint file. Embedded objects become part of the Word file and, after they are inserted, they are no longer part

of the source file.

Because the information is totally contained in one Word document, embedding is useful when you don't want the

information to reflect changes in the source file, or when you don't want the document recipients to be concerned with

updating the linked information.

Top of Page

Update linked objects

By default, linked objects are updated automatically. This means that Word updates the linked information every time

you open the Word file or any time the source PowerPoint file changes while the Word file is open. However, you can
change the settings for individual linked objects so that the linked object is not updated or so that it is updated only

when the reader of your document chooses to manually update it.

You can also prevent Word from automatically updating links in all the documents that you open. You can do this as a

security measure, to prevent updating documents with files that are potentially from an untrusted source.

IMPORTANT When you open a document that contains linked objects, Word prompts you to update the document with

data from the linked files. If you suspect that the linked files may be from an untrusted source, click No in this

message.

In addition, you can permanently break the connection between a linked object and its source PowerPoint file. When

the connection is broken, you can no longer edit the object in the document; it becomes a picture of the PowerPoint

content.

Manually update a linked object

1. Click the Microsoft Office Button , point to Prepare, and then click Edit Links to Files.

2. Click the link that you want to update manually, and then under Update method for selected link, click

Manual update. Or press CTRL+SHIFT+F7.

Prevent a linked object from being updated

1. Click the Microsoft Office Button , point to Prepare, and then click Edit Links to Files.

2. Click the link that you want to prevent from being updated, and then under Update method for selected

link, select the Locked check box. Or press F11.

NOTE To unlock the link, click the linked object, and then press CTRL+SHIFT+F11.

Prevent Word from automatically updating links in all documents

1. Click the Microsoft Office Button , and then click Word Options..

2. Click Advanced, and then scroll down to General.

3. Clear the Update automatic links at open check box.

Break the connection between a linked object and its source

1. Click the Microsoft Office Button , point to Prepare, and then click Edit Links to Files.

2. Click the link that you want to disconnect, and then click Break Link. Or press CTRL+SHIFT+F9.

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Change linked or embedded objects

1. Right-click the object, and point to the command for working with the object on the shortcut menu.

The name of the command depends on whether the object is a slide or an entire presentation, and whether

the object is linked or embedded. For example, if the object is a link to a presentation, the command is

Linked Presentation Object, but if the object is an embedded slide, the command is Slide Object.

2. Click Open or Open Link, depending on whether the object is embedded or linked, and then make the

changes that you want.

If the object is embedded, the changes are only in the copy that is in the document. If the object is linked, the

changes are made to the source file.

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Insert a linked object or embedded object from a

PowerPoint presentation

You can link or embed one or more slides, or you can embed an entire presentation. When you embed a PowerPoint

presentation object in your document, Word runs the PowerPoint slide show when you double-click the presentation

object in the document. You cannot edit the presentation within the document. The presentation object can be

embedded only, not linked.

1. Open both the Word document and the PowerPoint presentation that contains the slides that you want to

create a linked object or embedded object from.

2. Switch to PowerPoint, and then select the entire presentation or the slides that you want.
 NOTE To select slides, in Slide Sorter view, click the slide that you want. To select a range of slides, hold

down SHIFT while you click the first and the last slides of the range. To select multiple slides that are not

next to each other, hold down CTRL while you click the slides that you want.

3. Press CTRL+C.

4. Switch to the Word document, and then click where you want the information to appear.

5. On the Home tab, in the Clipboard group, click the arrow under Paste, and then click Paste Special.

6. In the As list, select Microsoft Office PowerPoint object.

7. Click Paste to insert an embedded object, or click Paste link to insert a link to the object.

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