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Sharing information with other applications
You can share files and graphics between HCL Notes® and other applications using a number of different techniques.
Getting started with sharing information
These tasks explain how to copy data into Notes, and how to share your Notes data with other applications.
How can I copy data into a Notes document?
You can copy and paste data directly from an application into an HCL Notes® document if you have the application on your computer.

Sharing information with other applications
You can share files and graphics between HCL Notes® and other applications using a number of different techniques.
- Getting started with sharing information
  These tasks explain how to copy data into Notes, and how to share your Notes data with other applications.
  - How can I copy data into a Notes document?
    You can copy and paste data directly from an application into an HCL Notes® document if you have the application on your computer.
  - What is object linking and embedding?
    Object Linking and Embedding (OLE) is a technology that lets you share data between applications and is supported for Microsoft® Windows®.
- Sharing information with other applications quick reference
  This quick reference card is a list of instructions for common tasks and shortcuts for sharing information with other applications, which you can print and keep at your desk for easy reference.
- Working with shared information
  These tasks explain how to import and export data between Notes and other applications.
- Advanced shared information topics
  These tasks describe how to work with object linking and embedding, and how to import or export formatted data.

How can I copy data into a Notes document?

You can copy and paste data directly from an application into an HCL Notes® document if you have the application on your computer.

About this task

You can copy formatted text and graphics only into a rich-text field (RTF). Copying is useful when you don't expect the data to change. If you want to update data at a later time, you have to copy and paste again.

Procedure

In the application, select the data you want, and click Edit > Copy to place it on the Clipboard.
In Notes®, open the target document in Edit mode.
Click where you want the copied data to appear, or, if you want to replace existing data with the copied data, select the existing data before pasting.
Click Edit > Paste.

Results

Note: To find out whether or not the field you want to import to is a rich-text field, click that field, and click Edit > Document Properties (switch to Document if necessary), then click Fields (second tab) and the field name. In the right box, any rich-text field is listed as Data Type: Rich Text.

Tip: A field labeled Body is usually a rich-text field.