OFF95: Sharing Information Questions and Answers

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This article contains common questions and answers about sharing information with Microsoft Office for Windows 95, version 7.0.


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Q. What components of Microsoft Office for Windows 95 are shared across the Office programs?

A. The following tools and technologies are shared across Office for Windows 95 programs:

Q. What is a document object?

A. Office for Windows 95 introduces a new extension to OLE called "document objects." In the current model of program integration, small pieces of one program, for example a range of cells or chart in Microsoft Excel, are embedded in another program's document. Document objects enable an entire document to behave as a single object, complete with styles and print settings. Support for document objects lets you place any PowerPoint(R), Word, or Microsoft Excel document as a section in an Office Binder.

Q. How can I move information between programs?

A. An easy way to move information between programs is to use the Windows 95 taskbar. Office for Windows 95 takes advantage of the taskbar, which displays all the open programs and folders in a bar on your screen, even if you are working in full-screen view. Taking advantage of OLE drag-and-drop technology, you can copy or move any piece of information, such as a chart, table, or paragraph, from one program to another simply by dragging the selection and dropping it onto the taskbar icon for the destination program. For example, to move a Microsoft Excel chart to Word, you can select the chart and drag it to the Word document icon on the taskbar; the Word document will automatically be maximized, and you can drop the chart anywhere in the document.

Q. What is the Office Binder file type?

A. The document objects technology in Office for Windows 95 introduces a new file type: Office Binder. Office Binder allows you to create a Binder document (similar to a Microsoft Excel workbook) that includes files from Word, Microsoft Excel, PowerPoint, and any other Office-compatible program that supports document object technology.

Q. How does a Binder work?

A. A Binder can be thought of as a "workbook" where each section is a separate document, or, in other words, an electronic version of a three-ring binder. You can combine different documents by placing them into the Binder. Once in the Binder, the documents are stored as a single file in the file system, so they are opened and saved together. Furthermore, documents stay in the order in which they were placed, which makes using a Binder preferable to storing documents in a Windows folder. All "bound" documents can be printed together with cross- document page numbering. Because they are in a single file, Binders "travel" together, whether they're copied to a network drive or disks, or sent through electronic mail. If needed, you can easily break a Binder apart into separate documents, just as you can with a physical three-ring binder.

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Keywords          : kbfile offwin 
Version           : WINDOWS:7.0
Platform          : WINDOWS 
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Last Reviewed: April 28, 1999