Linking lets you maintain an invisible connection between an OLE object and its original (source) file. Linking is used with pasting and is sometimes called paste linking. When you paste link an object into Designer, you can make changes to the object's original file. If you update the original file, the Designer document also updates.
Designer must have access to the object's original file before you can edit it. For example, if the file LINK.TIF is located on drive A, be sure the diskette containing LINK.TIF is inserted in the drive before you attempt to edit the linked object.
| Linking is a way for more than one user to connect to the same file. For example, linking can be helpful on a network where several users are working with the same file. Users are linked to a master file so that whenever one user makes a change, the master and all linked files show the change. |