Let us begin with the task of preparing a Word document that contains a list and examples of laboratory assignments for the course “Applied and Integrated Packages”, formatted as a table that includes embedded objects (MS Excel workbooks) displayed as icons.
To prepare such a document, follow the recommendations below:
- Create a new Word document and add a title for the table.
- Design the table layout and add information to the table header and columns: No., Topic.
- To embed objects into the File Example column so that they appear as icons, go to the Insert tab of the ribbon, in the Text group, click the arrow on the Object button, and select the Object command.
- In the Object dialog box, on the Create from File tab, specify the file location in the File name field, check the Display as icon option, use the Change Icon button to select an appropriate icon, and add a caption.
- Format the completed table and save your prepared document.
Now let us look at preparing a Word document titled “Summary Table Report”, which contains a table with data from an Excel workbook .
Steps for preparing this document:
- Prepare the Word document (client): enter the necessary text information and leave space for the Excel table.
- Prepare the Excel document (server) according:
, using a formula to calculate the average value.
- Select the prepared table in the Excel document, go to the Home tab of the ribbon, and in the Clipboard group, click Copy.
- Switch to Word and place the cursor at the insertion point for the linked data.
- On the Home tab of the ribbon, in the Clipboard group, click the arrow on the Paste button and select Paste Special.
- In the dialog box that appears, set the necessary options and click OK.
- Save the resulting Word document.
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When working with a linked object in a client document, it is convenient to use its context menu .
