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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.
Working with shared information
These tasks explain how to import and export data between Notes and other applications.
Importing and exporting
You can import data from many popular applications into a HCL Notes® document or view, and export data from a Notes document or view into many of the same applications.

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.
- 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.
  - Importing and exporting
    You can import data from many popular applications into a HCL Notes® document or view, and export data from a Notes document or view into many of the same applications.
    - Format fidelity when importing and exporting
      When data from another application is imported into or exported from HCL Notes®, the formatting may change slightly.
  - Importing files into documents that have rich-text fields
    You can import text files, word processing files, HTML files, graphics files, and spreadsheet files into documents that have rich-text fields, as long as the source file is stored in a location you can access, such as your local hard disk drive or file server.
  - Exporting documents into text files
    You can export documents into rich-text files and word processing files.
- Advanced shared information topics
  These tasks describe how to work with object linking and embedding, and how to import or export formatted data.

Importing and exporting

You can import data from many popular applications into a HCL Notes® document or view, and export data from a Notes® document or view into many of the same applications.

See the topics in this section for additional information.