Insert Object dialog box

Used to open applications from which you can place objects into the active design file. Opens after choosing Edit menu > Insert Object and then defining a rectangle in a view window.

Insert Object dialog box with Create New selected

Object Type

Lists all the possible applications from which you can import an object into the design.

Create New

If on (the default), opens the selected application from the Object Type list box. Once you click OK and the selected application opens, a link to the new object is immediately placed in the design file. No data is ever pasted on the Clipboard.

Create from File

If on, the Object Type list box is replaced by a File path field, a Browse button, and a Link check box.

Insert Object dialog box with Create from File selected

File

Allows you to type the path of the file you want to link or embed.

Browse…

Opens the Browse dialog box from which you can search for an existing file to import into the active design file.

Link

If on and you click OK, then a picture of the file selected in the path field is automatically linked to your design file.

Display As Icon

If on and Create New is selected, a new object of the selected Object Type is inserted and displayed as an icon in the document and displayed as an icon.

If on and Create from File is selected, a the contents of the selected file are inserted as an object and displayed as an icon in the document.

Change Icon...

Opens the Change Icon dialog box for selecting a different icon to be displayed. This button only displays when Display Icon is on.

OK

Opens the selected file or application to import into the active design file.

Cancel

Closes the dialog box without linking or embedding an object.

Results

Describes what happens when you select the Create New and Create from File radio buttons and the Link check box.