This chapter describes the structure of Microsoft Office 97 for Windows and Office 98 for the Macintosh. It explains how the various component applications in the Office suite work together. An understanding of the architecture of Office can help you take advantage of its features and may help you troubleshoot problems. Top Overview Office encourages a work style that is centered on information rather than applications.
Office allows users to create information and then manipulate it with a suite of software tools.
Each of these tools is a standalone application in its own right, but Office integrates their functionality to form a unified work area. A linked object is a reference to the source and is updated dynamically if the source data is changed. Documents with embedded objects use more hard disk space than documents with linked objects. This is because embedded objects are copies, whereas linked objects are merely references. Top Office Support for ActiveX ActiveX is an open integration platform that provides developers, users, and World Wide Web developers a fast and easy way to create integrated applications and content for the Internet and intranets.