Embedding or Linking an Object

[Lgrant5]

I'm creating a manual and the person I'm creating the manual for wants to
have the information on the manual and be able to have the updates occur in
the manual when she updates the source file

So, I am trying to link an .htm document (because they are saved on our
companies intranet) into a word document and it is only displaying an Icon
when i go through the steps. Can someone help me with this? Your help would
be greatly appreciated.

 

[Bob Buckland ?:-\)]

Hi L.,

What steps are you using and what version of Word?

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I'm creating a manual and the person I'm creating the manual for wants to
have the information on the manual and be able to have the updates occur in
the manual when she updates the source file

So, I am trying to link an .htm document (because they are saved on our
companies intranet) into a word document and it is only displaying an Icon
when i go through the steps. Can someone help me with this? Your help would
be greatly appreciated. >>
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Bob Buckland ?
MS Office System Products MVP

*Courtesy is not expensive and can pay big dividends*

 

[Lgrant5]

I'm using Microsoft Word 2003. To link the object I'm doing the following:

Insert - Object - Create from File - making sure the create link box is
checked off - then I click on Browse and find the file - when done, i click
OK and it inserts an icon, not the actual document itself

I've tried it also without checking off the link box and still it just
inserts an icon. Please help

Thanks,
Linda

 

[CyberTaz]

I could be wrong on this, but I believe the answer to your question lies in
your description:

Word 2003 is not an HTML editor & HTML files (usually) are not associated
with OLE compatible programs. Therefore Word can't display the content of
the file. The icon serves as a link which can be double-clicked to open the
target file in a program the file is compatible with - such as a browser.

Some alternatives are:

1- Settle for that,

2- Try to find an OLE Compatible HTML editor (I don't know if there is one),

3- Re-save the target file as a text file, open it in Word & save as MHTML
(which Word can reopen/link to, but may not be a desirable or functional
option due to the additional code)

If you can better describe the actual objective perhaps someone may have
some better suggestions to get it done.

Regards |:>)
Bob Jones
[MVP] Office:Mac

 

[Bob Buckland ?:-\)]

Hi Linda,

As Taz mentioned an HTML file is more of a file of instructions than active content. If you want to incorporate the contents into
the Word document then you can use Insert=>File
When selecting the file on the [Insert|v] button you can use insert or Insert as link.

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I'm using Microsoft Word 2003. To link the object I'm doing the following:

Insert - Object - Create from File - making sure the create link box is
checked off - then I click on Browse and find the file - when done, i click
OK and it inserts an icon, not the actual document itself

I've tried it also without checking off the link box and still it just
inserts an icon. Please help

Thanks,
Linda <<
--

Bob Buckland ?
MS Office System Products MVP

*Courtesy is not expensive and can pay big dividends*