Sharing Calc Data with Writer

You can quickly place a Calc spreadsheet (including a chart) into a Writer document using the Copy and Paste commands. This places a copy of the Calc spreadsheet into the Writer document as an object. You can then edit the object (using all the Calc tools) as needed.

To place the Calc spreadsheet data into the Writer document so that changes that you make to the original Calc spreadsheet are reflected in the Writer document, you can insert the Calc spreadsheet as a DDE (Dynamic Data Exchange) object. Any changes you make to the original spreadsheet will update the DDE object that you have placed in the Writer document.

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