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Double-click the spreadsheet object.

The menus and toolbars change to a combination of those from the OLE server application and

Crystal Reports. You can now edit the object in-place. The object is an embedded object. Any

changes you make to the object will not affect the original.

Click outside the object when you are finished.

The menus and toolbars change back to those of Crystal Reports. Any changes you made while

editing are saved.

14.3 How OLE objects are represented in a report

An OLE object is displayed in a report in any of several different formats depending on how you chose

to insert the object.

• If you have chosen to display the object as an icon, the icon will appear in the report. Users can

choose to edit the object later by double-clicking the icon.

• If the object was created from an existing file, the data from that file (or an icon) is displayed in the

report. This data can be edited by double-clicking the object or its icon.

• If you are creating a new object, the application for the object type that you chose will open, and

you can begin designing the object. When you are finished, close or exit the application. The object

(or its icon) will be displayed in the report.

14.4 Editing OLE objects in reports

14.4.1 In-place editing

In-place editing is the ability to change an OLE object's properties from within an OLE container

application (such as Crystal Reports). The container application's menu items change to provide the

editing tools from the server application so that you can make changes easily.

When an OLE object is placed in a report, the object becomes part of the report. To edit the object,

double-click it and then modify it using the editing tools found in the object's original application or from

a similar application that allows in-place editing. You can edit an OLE object only if you have the

corresponding server application installed on your computer. You can view and print a report containing

an OLE object even if you don't have the server application installed.

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