[cap-talk] [Off-topic] Document linking in Microsoft OLE

[Cat Okita]

On Fri, 3 Aug 2007, James A. Donald wrote:
> Karp, Alan H:
> > > > Actually, it asks me if I want to update the data
> > > > from the linked files (one message no matter how
> > > > many linked files).  When I say NO and open the
> > > > file from inside Word, I see the updates.
>
> James A. Donald:
> > > I, however, do not see the updates.
>
> Karp, Alan H:
> > Evidently different versions of Word behave
> > inconsistently.
>
> The fact that so very few people use this facility also
> suggests that it is a user hostile design pattern.

My corner of the world uses them quite heavily, and for multiple reasons,
including having many authors touching different files that are included
in any given document, for presentations, for ease of emailing...

I'd expect that we're by no means unique - it honestly hadn't occured to
me that linked files would be considered unusual.

cheers!
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