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#### 7.10.2 Linking

You can also choose to insert a Link to a copied chart instead of embedding it into the document. In this case updating the source chart will get reflected in the document, as well. You can also insert a link to only a page of a chart, by copying that page to the clipboard via the drop-down menu of the Copy Entire Chart button.

Note, however, that you cannot insert a link to a chart that is not saved on disk, but is yet ‘`Untitled`’. In addition, not all container applications implement the full range of linking features.

- LibreOffice and OpenOffice do not allow links to be inserted into documents. You can only embed charts in their documents.
- Microsoft PowerPoint allows links to be inserted into a slide, but does not allow other programs to link to a chart embedded in a slidepack. This includes the case when you want to insert a link into a slidepack that points to a chart embedded in the very same slidepack.
- Microsoft Excel implements full linking features, that is it allows you to insert links into worksheets, but also allows you to insert a link pointing to a chart embedded in a worksheet into other documents (or the same worksheet). You can even insert links that point to a single page of a chart embedded in a worksheet. (You can do this by opening the embedded object in Msc-generator and select ‘`Copy Page #1`’, and use Paste Special to insert a link.)
- Microsoft Word allows you to insert link to charts that are saved in files or are embedded in some other container (such as an Excel worksheet). It also allows others (including Word itself) to link to a full chart embedded in a Word document, but does not allow linking to a page of a chart embedded in a word document. If you invoke ‘`Copy Entire Chart`’ or ‘`Copy Page #x`’ from within Msc-generator for a chart embedded in a Word document, the link will not work. However, if you copy the chart to the clipboard from Word (and then you can copy all of it) then if you insert a link via Paste Special, you will geta valid link.

There is a suspected bug in Word 2003 that fails linking to a single page of a chart embedded in a Word document. 21

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To link to a full chart embedded in Word, make sure you place chart to the clipboard using Word and not using Msc-generator.

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