Update Excel object embedded in Word document when opened
I have an Excel sheet embedded in a Word document, this object was created from Word and no xlsx file exist for it.
There is only one cell and it has a random number formula that returns a new number each time the document is opened when used in Excel, but does not refresh on Word until I open the embedded object.
Desired behavior would be to refresh when Word document is opened without editing the embedded object.
"Update automatic links at open" is already enabled, the object is not a link.
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asked Jan 8 at 18:46
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I have an Excel sheet embedded in a Word document, this object was created from Word and no xlsx file exist for it.
There is only one cell and it has a random number formula that returns a new number each time the document is opened when used in Excel, but does not refresh on Word until I open the embedded object.
Desired behavior would be to refresh when Word document is opened without editing the embedded object.
"Update automatic links at open" is already enabled, the object is not a link.
microsoft-excel microsoft-word microsoft-word-2013
asked Jan 8 at 18:46
ZulgribZulgrib
235114
In Word menu File > Options > Advanced, section General (at the end), do you have checked "Update automatic links at open"?
– harrymc
Jan 8 at 18:59
The embedded object is not a link. This option is enabled.
– Zulgrib
Jan 8 at 19:07
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I have an Excel sheet embedded in a Word document, this object was created from Word and no xlsx file exist for it.
There is only one cell and it has a random number formula that returns a new number each time the document is opened when used in Excel, but does not refresh on Word until I open the embedded object.
Desired behavior would be to refresh when Word document is opened without editing the embedded object.
"Update automatic links at open" is already enabled, the object is not a link.
microsoft-excel microsoft-word microsoft-word-2013
asked Jan 8 at 18:46
ZulgribZulgrib
235114
I have an Excel sheet embedded in a Word document, this object was created from Word and no xlsx file exist for it.
There is only one cell and it has a random number formula that returns a new number each time the document is opened when used in Excel, but does not refresh on Word until I open the embedded object.
Desired behavior would be to refresh when Word document is opened without editing the embedded object.
"Update automatic links at open" is already enabled, the object is not a link.
microsoft-excel microsoft-word microsoft-word-2013
microsoft-excel microsoft-word microsoft-word-2013
asked Jan 8 at 18:46
ZulgribZulgrib
235114
asked Jan 8 at 18:46
ZulgribZulgrib
235114
edited Jan 8 at 19:08
Zulgrib
asked Jan 8 at 18:46
ZulgribZulgrib
235114
asked Jan 8 at 18:46
ZulgribZulgrib
235114
asked Jan 8 at 18:46
ZulgribZulgrib
235114
235114
In Word menu File > Options > Advanced, section General (at the end), do you have checked "Update automatic links at open"?
– harrymc
Jan 8 at 18:59
The embedded object is not a link. This option is enabled.
– Zulgrib
Jan 8 at 19:07
add a comment |
In Word menu File > Options > Advanced, section General (at the end), do you have checked "Update automatic links at open"?
– harrymc
Jan 8 at 18:59
The embedded object is not a link. This option is enabled.
– Zulgrib
Jan 8 at 19:07
In Word menu File > Options > Advanced, section General (at the end), do you have checked "Update automatic links at open"?
– harrymc
Jan 8 at 18:59
In Word menu File > Options > Advanced, section General (at the end), do you have checked "Update automatic links at open"?
– harrymc
Jan 8 at 18:59
The embedded object is not a link. This option is enabled.
– Zulgrib
Jan 8 at 19:07
The embedded object is not a link. This option is enabled.
– Zulgrib
Jan 8 at 19:07
add a comment |
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This is not possible - the object needs to be activated in order for it to "be" an Excel object. As far as Word is concerned, an embedded object is like a picture (programmatically a Shape or an InlineShape). Only once it's activated does it have access to its "OLE Server" (the thing that tells it how to behave) - Excel, in this case.
It would be possible to use macro code, an macro named AutoOpen for example, to trigger this.
answered Jan 17 at 17:43
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This is not possible - the object needs to be activated in order for it to "be" an Excel object. As far as Word is concerned, an embedded object is like a picture (programmatically a Shape or an InlineShape). Only once it's activated does it have access to its "OLE Server" (the thing that tells it how to behave) - Excel, in this case.
It would be possible to use macro code, an macro named AutoOpen for example, to trigger this.
answered Jan 17 at 17:43
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This is not possible - the object needs to be activated in order for it to "be" an Excel object. As far as Word is concerned, an embedded object is like a picture (programmatically a Shape or an InlineShape). Only once it's activated does it have access to its "OLE Server" (the thing that tells it how to behave) - Excel, in this case.
It would be possible to use macro code, an macro named AutoOpen for example, to trigger this.
answered Jan 17 at 17:43
Cindy MeisterCindy Meister
1135
add a comment |
This is not possible - the object needs to be activated in order for it to "be" an Excel object. As far as Word is concerned, an embedded object is like a picture (programmatically a Shape or an InlineShape). Only once it's activated does it have access to its "OLE Server" (the thing that tells it how to behave) - Excel, in this case.
It would be possible to use macro code, an macro named AutoOpen for example, to trigger this.
answered Jan 17 at 17:43
Cindy MeisterCindy Meister
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This is not possible - the object needs to be activated in order for it to "be" an Excel object. As far as Word is concerned, an embedded object is like a picture (programmatically a Shape or an InlineShape). Only once it's activated does it have access to its "OLE Server" (the thing that tells it how to behave) - Excel, in this case.
It would be possible to use macro code, an macro named AutoOpen for example, to trigger this.
answered Jan 17 at 17:43
Cindy MeisterCindy Meister
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answered Jan 17 at 17:43
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answered Jan 17 at 17:43
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In Word menu File > Options > Advanced, section General (at the end), do you have checked "Update automatic links at open"?
– harrymc
Jan 8 at 18:59
The embedded object is not a link. This option is enabled.
– Zulgrib
Jan 8 at 19:07