OLE Overview
OLE provides a convenient way of incorporating Xara LX drawings into suitable, OLE-compliant applications such as Microsoft Word. Another advantage of OLE is when you want to edit an embedded drawing. All you need do is double-click on the drawing in the Microsoft Word window. This loads the drawing into Xara LX ready for you to edit it. When you finish, Xara LX copies the drawing back to Microsoft Word keeping any custom values such as scaling. You can embed Xara LX drawings into any OLE-compliant application.
 To embed a drawing 
 into an application
 To embed a drawing 
 into an application
This describes how to embed a drawing into Microsoft Word (other applications will be similar).
 In Xara LX copy part or all 
 of the drawing to the clipboard. Then embed it into Microsoft Word using 
 Paste Special on Word's Edit menu.
 In Xara LX copy part or all 
 of the drawing to the clipboard. Then embed it into Microsoft Word using 
 Paste Special on Word's Edit menu.
 Create the drawing in the 
 usual way and save it to disk. You can then insert it into Microsoft Word 
 by choosing Object on Word's Insert 
 menu. Select the Create from File tab and select the name of the file.
 Create the drawing in the 
 usual way and save it to disk. You can then insert it into Microsoft Word 
 by choosing Object on Word's Insert 
 menu. Select the Create from File tab and select the name of the file.
 Create a new drawing from 
 within Microsoft Word. Choose Object 
 on Microsoft Word's Insert menu. Select the Create New tab. Click Xara 
 LX Document. This opens a new Xara LX window ready for you to create your 
 drawing. When you finish the drawing, choose Exit 
 and Return to Word on the File menu in Xara LX. This inserts the 
 drawing into the Word document.
 Create a new drawing from 
 within Microsoft Word. Choose Object 
 on Microsoft Word's Insert menu. Select the Create New tab. Click Xara 
 LX Document. This opens a new Xara LX window ready for you to create your 
 drawing. When you finish the drawing, choose Exit 
 and Return to Word on the File menu in Xara LX. This inserts the 
 drawing into the Word document.
Tip
 When you embed a Xara LX document 
 or Xara LX objects in another program, the objects will look best when 
 displayed at 100%. For example, if you embed some objects in a Microsoft 
 Word document and then change the magnification in Word to 200%, the document 
 will not look quite as good.
 When you embed a Xara LX document 
 or Xara LX objects in another program, the objects will look best when 
 displayed at 100%. For example, if you embed some objects in a Microsoft 
 Word document and then change the magnification in Word to 200%, the document 
 will not look quite as good.
 To edit an embedded 
 Xara LX drawing
 To edit an embedded 
 Xara LX drawing
Just double-click on the drawing in the application. This loads the drawing into Xara LX ready for editing. When you finish editing, choose either Close and Return to (application) or Exit and Return to (application) on the File menu in Xara LX.
Xara LX menus and OLE
The File menu changes slightly when you are viewing an embedded drawing:
 Save 
 becomes Update. (The embedded 
 drawing is automatically updated every 10-20 seconds. Update lets you 
 update sooner if desired.)
 Save 
 becomes Update. (The embedded 
 drawing is automatically updated every 10-20 seconds. Update lets you 
 update sooner if desired.)
 Save 
 as becomes Save Copy As. 
 You can use this option to save a copy of the document.
 Save 
 as becomes Save Copy As. 
 You can use this option to save a copy of the document.
 Exit 
 becomes Exit And Return To (Application). 
 Choosing this updates the embedded document in the application and closes 
 Xara LX
 Exit 
 becomes Exit And Return To (Application). 
 Choosing this updates the embedded document in the application and closes 
 Xara LX 
 Close 
 is either dimmed (if the embedded document is the only document) or becomes 
 Close And Return To (Application). 
 Choosing this updates the embedded document in the application (Xara LX 
 remains loaded in memory).
 Close 
 is either dimmed (if the embedded document is the only document) or becomes 
 Close And Return To (Application). 
 Choosing this updates the embedded document in the application (Xara LX 
 remains loaded in memory).