OLE Objects

Well, I'm not finding anything helpful on the Autodesk website (surprize
surprize) that's helping me with this problem. I want to insert a Word
document in autocad (as an OLE object) which is multiple pages long. I want
to use the benefits of Word (line wrapping, columns, etc.) for creating
sheet format specifications for architectural projects, as Autocad's text
functions SUCK, but when I try to insert either a Word doc OLE or even an
Excell OLE object, I only get a portion of the doc. Stretching the OLE
object doesn't help, of course.I'm trying to determine whether or not the
new version of Autocad resolved this problem or not, but cannot find any
info. Any suggestions or knowledge would be appreciated. Thanks!

 

It is a size limitation between Office and AutoCAD. If you have Office2003
and AutoCAD2004, then the size limitation for Excel is done away with, but I
believe the one with Word still is.

 

In the Word doc, go to page setup and increase the paper size to a max of
22". If that's not enough, decrease your text size. It's a cumbersome
work-around but one that works for Word. Excel is a different story. There
is a limitation of the number of rows/columns so increasing page size only
works to a degree.

HTH

 

Also, you can copy your Excel data into a Word table to get around the
row/column limitation.