User Guide

Chapter 2: Documents and Setup
3. Switch to the document where you want to embed the selection and choose Edit | Paste. The
object is embedded into the document.
To link objects:
If you want an object to be updated when it changes in the original document, create a link to the
object. The Canvas document from which you copy objects to be linked must have been saved before
you copy the objects.
Not all OLE programs support OLE linking.
1. Select the objects to link and choose Edit | Copy.
2. Switch to the document where you want to paste the linked object and choose Edit | Paste
Special. In the dialog box, Canvas Drawing format is selected.
3. Click Paste Link to link the object.
To manage linked objects:
Use the Links command to check the source file of a linked object and repair a broken link if a source
file has been moved.
1. Select a linked object in a document.
2. Choose Edit | Links. The Links dialog box displays the link type and update method. To
change the update method, choose the Automatic or Manual option.
3. Use the buttons to update or change the linked object:
To update the object from its source: Click Update Now.
To open the source document: Click Open Source.
To select a different source document: Click Change Source.
To remove the link so changes to the source do not affect the linked object:
Click Break Link.
Differences between linking and embedding
When you insert an object into a Canvas document, or insert an object from Canvas into another
program’s document, you create an association between the object and its application. Linking and
embedding create different types of associations.
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