Article ID: 177989
Article Last Modified on 10/4/2002
APPLIES TO
- Microsoft Word 98 for Macintosh
This article was previously published under Q177989
SYMPTOMS
Changes made to a subscription of a published edition of a drawn object are
lost when the subscription is updated. This problem also occurs when you
save the file, and then close and reopen it (because this series of actions
causes the subscription to be updated).
If you double-click the subscription, you receive a dialog box stating
You cannot edit the result of a link or embedded object.
WORKAROUND
To modify the subscription, you must modify the published edition.
When the subscription is updated, it will reflect the changes to the
published edition.
Note that this behavior is different from the behavior of OLE objects. With
OLE objects, changes to made to an embedded object are reflected in the
original source.
To update a subscription, follow these steps:
- Select the subscription in the document.
- On the Edit menu, point to Publishing, and click Subscriber Options.
- Click Get Edition Now in the Subscription Options dialog box.
STATUS
Microsoft has confirmed this to be a problem in the Microsoft products
listed at the beginning of this article. We are researching this problem
and will post new information here in the Microsoft Knowledge Base as it
becomes available.
MORE INFORMATION
When a subscription of a drawn object (for example a drawing from Claris
Works 4.0 or a chart created in Microsoft Excel 98) is selected in a Word
document, the picture toolbar is displayed. Any changes made to the
subscription using the controls from the toolbar will be lost when the
subscription is updated.
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