differentiate between linking and embedding an object
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Embedding or Linking? You can add objects such as a file, an image or an audio file to a Word document, an Excel spreadsheet, an HTML document by linking or embedding. The main difference between linking and embedding is where the data are stored and how they are updated after they where linked or embedded.
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What is Linking?
It is a way to add a file to another file. The linked file can be placed on your computer, or you may be linking a web page. You link the web pages by including the entire URL to the target document (Word, HTML or Excel). When you try to upload two linked files on a web site, then you have to ftp both the files. In case of sending such files via emails, you need to place both the files in a folder before zipping it and sending it across.
What is Embedding?
It is a way to incorporate a document into an existing file. Once a document is embedded into another file, they start to exist as a single file. Say if a pie chart from an Excel file is embedded in a Word document and you make changes to this pie chart, then it does not get reflected in the Word document. The original document’s size gets bloated due to the embedded file.
Differences between Linking and Embedding:
When the files are linked, then a change in the linked file gets updated in the destination file. In the case of embedding, changes in the embedded file do not propagate to the destination file. You need to manually make the changes in the destination file by double-clicking the embedded file.
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