Hi,

I have been trying to get myself familiar with some of the advanced features
of MS Word (don't know whether this one would qualify as an advanced feature
or not).

I read in the Word help that you can create linked objects in a document so
that any updates in the source file will be reflected in the destination
file. I also read that if I click on the "Locked" check box in the Links
dialog box (accessed via the Edit Links route) then the destination file
would not be updated, when the source file gets updated. But I find that when
I change the font size of text in the source file, it gets reflected in the
destination file. Any answers?

Help would be greatly appreciated.

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I have been trying to get myself familiar with some of the advanced features
of MS Word (don't know whether this one would qualify as an advanced feature
or not).

I read in the Word help that you can create linked objects in a document so
that any updates in the source file will be reflected in the destination
file. I also read that if I click on the "Locked" check box in the Links
dialog box (accessed via the Edit Links route) then the destination file
would not be updated, when the source file gets updated. But I find that when
I change the font size of text in the source file, it gets reflected in the
destination file. Any answers?

I take it you inserted a file with a link? This should produce a IncludeText
field in the document; if you press Alt+F9 to toggle on the field codes can you
see this?

If you select the field, then press Ctrl+F11 this should lock it (prevent it
from updating from the source). Is this more effective? (Ctrl+Shift+F11 should
unlock it again)

Cindy Meister
INTER-Solutions, Switzerland
http://homepage.swissonline.ch/cindymeister (last update Jun 8 2004)
http://www.word.mvps.org

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