SHARING INFORMATION WITH OTHER APPLICATIONS
OLE lets you link or embed data from other applications, such as a 1-2-3® chart, Lotus®Word Pro® document, or Freelance Graphics® presentation, in an IBM®Lotus Notes® document. The collection of data you embed is an object.
You can embed or link part of a file or a whole file. You can also embed an object in a Lotus Notes document and use the object's application to enter data in Lotus Notes. For example, if you have 1-2-3, you could create a blank 1-2-3 spreadsheet object and enter 1-2-3 spreadsheet data in a Lotus Notes document.
Using Lotus Notes applications as object libraries
Using templates that were installed with Lotus Notes, you can create a Microsoft Office Library or LotusSmartSuite® Library application where you, or others in your organization, can create OLE objects with Microsoft Office or LotusSmartSuite applications.
Creating links to other applications or data You can create links to data in other applications; to other IBMLotus Notes documents, views and applications; or to embedded objects by creating a linked OLE object in a rich-text field.
Related concepts Embedding data in a Lotus Notes document