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<title id="tit" xml-lang="en-US">Edit Links to External Files</title>
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<bookmark xml-lang="en-US" branch="hid/.uno:LinkDialog" id="bm_id199976" localize="false"/>
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<bookmark_value>opening;documents with links</bookmark_value>
<bookmark_value>links; updating specific links</bookmark_value>
<bookmark_value>updating; links, on opening</bookmark_value>
<bookmark_value>links; opening files with</bookmark_value>
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<h1 id="hd_id3150279" xml-lang="en-US">Edit Links to External Files</h1>
<paragraph id="par_id3150774" role="paragraph" xml-lang="en-US"><variable id="links_text"><ahelp hid=".">You can change or remove each link to external files in the current document. You can also update the content of the current file to the most recently saved version of linked external file. This command does not apply to hyperlinks, and is not available if the current document does not contain links to other files.</ahelp></variable></paragraph>
<paragraph role="paragraph" id="par_id271603459179173">This command can be used with external file links to <switchinline select="appl"><caseinline select="WRITER">sections (place cursor outside of the section), master documents,</caseinline><caseinline select="CALC">sheets linked with <menuitem>Sheet - Insert Sheet from File</menuitem> or <menuitem>Sheet - Link to External Data</menuitem>, Function WEBSERVICE,</caseinline></switchinline> images and OLE objects (when inserted with a link to an external file).</paragraph>
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<h2 id="hd_id3155503" xml-lang="en-US">Source file</h2>
<paragraph id="par_id3156152" role="paragraph" xml-lang="en-US">Lists the path to the source file. If the path defines a DDE link, relative paths must be preceded with "file:". </paragraph>
<paragraph id="par_idN10646" role="paragraph" xml-lang="en-US"><ahelp hid="cui/ui/baselinksdialog/TB_LINKS">Double-click a link in the list to open a file dialog where you can select another object for this link.</ahelp></paragraph>
<h2 id="hd_id3155449" xml-lang="en-US">Element</h2>
<paragraph id="par_id3153348" role="paragraph" xml-lang="en-US">Lists the application (if known) that last saved the source file.</paragraph>
<h2 id="hd_id3153061" xml-lang="en-US">Type</h2>
<paragraph id="par_id3151384" role="paragraph" xml-lang="en-US">Lists the file type, such as graphic, of the source file.</paragraph>
<h2 id="hd_id3156343" xml-lang="en-US">Status</h2>
<paragraph id="par_id3149046" role="paragraph" xml-lang="en-US">Lists additional information about the source file.</paragraph>
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<h2 id="hd_id3147264" xml-lang="en-US">Automatic</h2>
<paragraph id="par_id3147304" role="paragraph" xml-lang="en-US"><ahelp hid="cui/ui/baselinksdialog/AUTOMATIC">Automatically updates the contents of the link when you open the file. Any changes made in the source file are then displayed in the file containing the link. Linked graphic files can only be updated manually.</ahelp> This option is not available for a linked graphic file.</paragraph>
<paragraph id="par_id3149456" role="paragraph" xml-lang="en-US">The <emph>Automatic</emph> option is only available for DDE links. You can insert a DDE link by copying the contents from one file and pasting by choosing <emph>Edit - Paste Special</emph>, and then selecting the <emph>Link</emph> box. As DDE is a text based linking system, only the displayed decimals are copied into the target sheet.<comment>removed Calc switch: this feature can be used wherever a cell area can be pasted: everywhere</comment></paragraph>
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<h2 id="hd_id3154938" xml-lang="en-US">Manual</h2>
<paragraph id="par_id3151210" role="paragraph" xml-lang="en-US"><ahelp hid="cui/ui/baselinksdialog/MANUAL">Only updates the link when you click the <emph>Update</emph> button.</ahelp></paragraph>
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<h2 id="hd_id3151381" xml-lang="en-US">Modify</h2>
<paragraph id="par_id3154125" role="paragraph" xml-lang="en-US"><ahelp hid="cui/ui/baselinksdialog/CHANGE_SOURCE">Change the source file for the selected link.</ahelp></paragraph>
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<h2 id="hd_id3147084" xml-lang="en-US">Break Link</h2>
<paragraph id="par_id3147230" role="paragraph" xml-lang="en-US"><ahelp hid="cui/ui/baselinksdialog/BREAK_LINK">Breaks the link between the source file and the current document. The most recently updated contents of the source file are kept in the current document.</ahelp></paragraph>
<bookmark xml-lang="en-US" branch="hid/cui/ui/baselinksdialog/UPDATE_NOW" id="bm_id0720200903105198" localize="false"/>
<h2 id="hd_id3156280" xml-lang="en-US">Update</h2>
<paragraph id="par_id3157320" role="paragraph" xml-lang="en-US"><ahelp hid="cui/ui/baselinksdialog/UPDATE_NOW">Updates the selected link so that the most recently saved version of the linked file is displayed in the current document.</ahelp></paragraph>
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<note id="par_id3156156" xml-lang="en-US">When you open a file that contains links, you are prompted to update the links. Depending on where the linked files are stored, the update process can take several minutes to complete.</note>
<note id="par_id3143270" xml-lang="en-US">If you are loading a file that contains DDE links, you are prompted to update the links. Decline the update if you do not want to establish a connection to the DDE server.</note>
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