Office 2013 In Depth

Editing Embedded Objects

Editing embedded objects is extremely straightforward. Remember that, although the object doesn’t have any association with specific content in a source file, it is a copy of that source file and is still tied to the server application that was used to create it.

To edit an embedded object, double-click the object. This action evokes the server application and provides you with the Ribbon and commands found in that application. For example, when you double-click an Excel object in a PowerPoint slide, Excel basically takes over the PowerPoint application window. You are still in PowerPoint, but you now have all the capabilities of Excel to edit the object. Figure A.10 shows an activated Excel object embedded in PowerPoint. ...