## Benefits of Each Method

The following sections summarize the benefits of each information-sharing method.

### Copying to the Windows Clipboard

Copying information to the Windows Clipboard is simple, familiar, and completely independent of the source and destination file formats.

### Importing and Exporting

The importing and exporting method enables you to share large amounts of information with other programs, such as Microsoft Excel, Microsoft Word, and Microsoft Access.

### Creating Links to Objects or Data and Embedding Objects

Creating links and embedding objects are the methods that are most useful when information that’s common to two different files needs to be updated frequently.

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