linkgraphics offers you the possibility to insert and update graphics from various sources in your report. You have the following options (please click on the desired heading to call up the corresponding video):
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Insert a graphic from a file
A detailed explanation of the individual steps
This is how you insert a graphic from a file (into the body text):
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Point the cursor at the position in your Word document where you want to insert the graphics.
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In the “*Content” tab, click on the “Insert...” menu in the “Graphic” group and select “From file...”.
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You can insert graphics by clicking on the “Additional files” button, or by dragging the files directly to the corresponding button.
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Select the file you want to insert and confirm by clicking “OK”.
→ The graphic will be inserted
Inserts any graphic file (like JPG, BMP, EPS, EMF, GIF, PNG, TIF)) as connected firesys graphic object in the existing format into your Word document.
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Insert a graphic from PowerPoint
A detailed explanation of the individual steps
This is how you insert graphics from PowerPoint/Excel (into body text):
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Place the cursor at the position in your Word document where you want to insert the graphic.
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In the “*Content” tab, click on the “Insert” menu in the “Graphic” group and select “from PowerPoint...”.
→ The following dialog shows the already linked and open PowerPoint files:
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Files that are currently open on your desktop are displayed as “Open”.
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Files that you have already used to import objects into your Word document are displayed as “Linked”.
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You can add documents by clicking the “Additional files” button or dragging the files directly to the corresponding button.
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Select the Excel file from which the data is to be inserted (“Data source”).
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Select the graphics that you want to insert into your Word document. You can see a preview of the selected graphics in the right-hand window.
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If you enable the “Including Microsoft Office graphics object” option, linkgraphics automatically imports the diagram’s automatically generated elements from the spreadsheet into the Word document.
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If you disable this option, the elements are ignored as auxiliary graphics when imported.
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Click “OK” to confirm your selection.
→ The graphic will be inserted.
Inserts a chart created in Excel or PowerPoint as a linked graphic in EMF format. The source program can remain closed and the diagram does not have to be saved manually as a graphic before.
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Insert a graphic directly from Excel
A detailed explanation of the individual steps
This is how you insert a graphic directly from Excel:
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In Excel, highlight the graphics that you want to import into Word as a linked graphics object.
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Go to the Word file and point the cursor where you want to insert the graphics.
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On the “*Content” tab in the “Graphics” menu, click “Insert...” and select “Directly from Excel”.
→ The graphic will be inserted
Inserts the chart you just selected in Excel as a linked chart in EMF format
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See also
Insert graphics
Insert a graphic into body text
Insert graphic into a table
Insert graphic from PowerPoint/Excel (into body text)
Insert graphic directly from Excel (into body text)
Further contents
→ firesys website
→ Customer area
→ YouTube
