Create Links to Automatically Update Information

You can create links to virtually any type of information among Office applications. For example, to make sure sales figures from Microsoft Excel are up-to-date in an annual report written with Word, copy the numbers and create links to them. When the figures change in the worksheet, they are automatically updated in the Word document as well.

Want to control when linked objects are updated?   Linked objects by default are updated automatically. To create a manual link that will update only when you specifically request it, click Links (Edit menu). In Microsoft Access, click OLE/DDE Links (Edit menu). Select the name of the linked object you want, and then click the Manual button. To update a manually linked object, in the Links dialog box, select the name of the linked object and then click the Update Now button.