Microsoft Windows Vista On Demand

Sharing Information Among Programs

Windows makes it easy to insert a file or part of a file created in one program into a file created in a different program. The ability to share files and information among different programs is called object linking and embedding (OLE). With OLE, you can work with a document in WordPad and at the same time take advantage of the specialized tools in another program, such as Paint or Microsoft Excel. By using OLE, you’ll be able to access features from other programs, edit data easily, update to the latest information, and save space.

Information shared between two programs is an object, which can be a picture from a graphics program, a chart from a spreadsheet program, a video clip, text, or almost anything ...