When you insert them, in the Insert | Picture | From File dialog, click the
arrow beside Insert and choose Link to File. For drawings created within
Word there is no linking method except again, possibly, the IncludeText
field. But it's possible to get too carried away with linking. Keep in mind
that linking makes the file less portable.

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"Jauchart" wrote in message
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And how do I link the graphics?


"Suzanne S. Barnhill" wrote:

I'm not really sure about this. You can paste them from Excel using
Paste
Link, but I'm not sure whether that's a pure link or a link+embed
technique.
If you bookmark them in the other Word document, you can certainly use
an
IncludeText field to link to them there. In fact, you should be able to
link
to them in Excel using IncludeText (in this case, a named range
functions as
a bookmark).

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"Jauchart" wrote in message
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OK, then how do I link the graphics?
The charts were created in Excel, then imported into a separate Word
document. Can I link them from either source?
Robert


"Suzanne S. Barnhill" wrote:

There's no way to link tables. And I don't think you can link
charts,
either, unless they're created in Excel.

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"Jauchart" wrote in message
news Ok, but my question is, how do I link them, as you advised.

"Suzanne S. Barnhill" wrote:

Charts *are* graphics (that is, if you're talking about the
charts
created
using Microsoft Graph) and will be governed by the View Options
settings.
Tables do add complexity to the document, but they usually don't
cause a
problem unless they get very long. Especially to be avoided are
long
single-row tables.

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"Jauchart" wrote in message
...
I need to insert many charts and graphics into my
dissertation,
which
is
also
overloaded with footnotes. In order to avoid overloading the
doc,
Suzanne S. Barnhill once advised me to:

3. Link graphics as much as possible and don't display them
except
when
absolutely necessary. On the View tab of Tools | Options,
check
the
box
for
"Picture placeholders" and clear the box for "Drawings." This
will
suppress
the display of all graphics.

Can I do the same with charts and tables?