Integrated use of a software suite
Example of software suite: Microsoft office, OpenOffice
Object Linking and embedding
Many project needs to incorporate different types of multimedia elements. It may include the use of different software.
Technics:
convert files between different format
- import data / export data / save as (select the file type)
- Practical 1: Convert files doc -> pdf -> jpg
- Practical 2: CSV -> Excel -> CSV.
Object Linking (連接) and embedding(嵌入)
OLE is a technique used to insert(插入)/integrate(綜合) data from one program into another.
Object linking is the way of creating a linked object that links to an actual object created by another application.
Object embedding is the way of copying an object to the destination document.
Practical 3 (P.336-337)
Integrated a word document and an excel document
- using object linking. You have to submit the excel and word document
- using object embedding. Only the word document is needed.
Merge print is another example of OLE.
Office suite: e.g. Microsoft Office, OpenOffice
Data created by the same software suite can be integrated easily.