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<p class="P2"><help:paragraphinfo state="U" number="25" xmlns:help="http://openoffice.org/2000/help"/>Open both the text document and the spreadsheet.</p>
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<p class="P2"><help:paragraphinfo state="U" number="26" xmlns:help="http://openoffice.org/2000/help"/>Select the sheet area you want to copy.</p>
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<p class="P2"><help:paragraphinfo state="U" number="27" xmlns:help="http://openoffice.org/2000/help"/>Point to the selected area and press the mouse button. Keep the mouse button pressed for a moment, then drag the area into the text document.</p>
<p class="P2"><help:paragraphinfo state="U" number="32" xmlns:help="http://openoffice.org/2000/help"/><help:switch select="System" xmlns:help="http://openoffice.org/2000/help"><help:case select="WIN">If the documents are not visible next to each other, first drag the mouse pointer to the destination document button. Continue to hold down the mouse button. The document is displayed, and you can move the mouse pointer within the document.</help:case></help:switch></p>
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<p class="P2"><help:paragraphinfo state="U" number="28" xmlns:help="http://openoffice.org/2000/help"/>Once the cursor is located in the place where you want to insert the sheet area, release the mouse button. The sheet area is inserted as an OLE object.</p>
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<p class="P2"><help:paragraphinfo state="U" number="29" xmlns:help="http://openoffice.org/2000/help"/>You can select and edit the OLE object at any time.</p>
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<p class="P2"><help:paragraphinfo state="U" number="30" xmlns:help="http://openoffice.org/2000/help"/>To edit the OLE object, double-click on it.</p>
<p class="P2"><help:paragraphinfo state="U" number="33" xmlns:help="http://openoffice.org/2000/help"/>Alternatively, select the object and choose <span class="T1">Edit - Object - Edit</span> or choose <span class="T1">Edit</span> from the context menu. You edit the object in its own frame within the text document, but you see the icons and menu commands needed for spreadsheets.</p>
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<p class="P2"><help:paragraphinfo state="U" number="31" xmlns:help="http://openoffice.org/2000/help"/>Choose <span class="T1">Open</span> to open the source document of the OLE object.</p>
