Object Linking and Embedding with Windows 95
Windows 95 allows object linking and embedding using OLE version 2.0.
An object is any visual or auditory information that can be pasted into a window.
When an object is EMBEDDED into a document, the application which created the object is started when the object is clicked. An advantage of embedding is that the filename or the application name need not be known to opened the object. The file automatically opens in its parent application when clicking its object in a document. NOTE: The file must be associated with an application first.
A LINKED object may also be pasted into the document; however, the object is only a link to the original file. Therefore, any updates made to a linked object in a document automatically updates the original file and vice versa. An advantage to linking is that only one copy of the file is needed.