Creating PowerPoint Presentations and Word Documents with Linked Tables and Images
The COMSOL Add-Ins for PowerPoint and for Word
The COMSOL interface for Microsoft® PowerPoint® and interface for Microsoft® Word® are installed together with COMSOL Multiphysics and make it possible to work with images and tables that are linked to COMSOL models. The installer registers the COMSOL add-in with PowerPoint and Word, where it is then listed on the Add-ins page of the Options window that is accessible from the File Backstage view in both PowerPoint and Word. When the interface add-in is loaded, it provides the following additions to the user interface in PowerPoint and Word:
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The COMSOL ribbon tab, where you can insert and update images and tables
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The COMSOL tab in the File Backstage view, where you can manage the source references for the linked images and tables
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The COMSOL Image tools tab, where you can change image settings
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The COMSOL Table tools tab, where you can change table settings
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The COMSOL context menu, where you can quickly access the most often used commands
Inserting Images and Tables in Documents
To insert tables and screenshot images of, for example, geometry and result plots in a PowerPoint presentation or Word document in a way that keeps them linked to the model for future updates, start inside COMSOL Multiphysics by doing one of the following:
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From the Table window toolbar, click the Copy Table and Headers to PowerPoint and Word () button.
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Use the Table node to copy the table as described in the section Table (Export), and make sure that the output target is set to PowerPoint and Word.
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Follow the steps in the section Capturing and Copying Screenshots for generating the image screenshot, and make sure that in Step 14 you select the output target PowerPoint and Word.
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Use the Image node to generate plot images as described in the section Image, and make sure that the output target is set to PowerPoint and Word.
After the image or table is generated, switch to PowerPoint or Word and place the cursor in the desired location. From the COMSOL ribbon tab, click Paste () (or press Ctrl+V) to insert the last generated item. Alternatively, to insert any previously generated item, on the COMSOL tab click Clipboard () and select the image or table that you want to insert. Images and tables that are added to a presentation or document according to the above steps retain a reference to their source models and can be updated from PowerPoint or Word, or by using a batch tool that can update several documents.
See Generating a Model Presentation and Generating a Model Report for information about generating PowerPoint presentations and Word documents with linked images from COMSOL Multiphysics models.
Updating Images and Tables in documents
Images and tables that are linked to models can be easily updated when needed, while preserving the formatting applied in the PowerPoint presentation or Word document. During the update process the images and tables are generated by COMSOL Multiphysics (if the source models are open) or by an automatically started COMSOL Multiphysics server that opens the referenced models. To update linked images and tables from inside PowerPoint or Word, follow one of the methods below:
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From the COMSOL ribbon tab, click Update All () to update all linked images and tables in the document.
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In the document, select the image or table that you want to update and do one of the following:
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From the COMSOL ribbon tab, click Update ()
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From the COMSOL Image or COMSOL Table tools tab, click Update Image () or Update Table ()
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Right-click the image or table and select COMSOL>Update Image () or COMSOL>Update Table ()
To prevent an image or a table from being updated when you update all linked content in a presentation or document, select the image or table, then from the COMSOL Image or COMSOL Table tools tab click the Lock Image () or Lock Table () toggle button, or right-click the image and select COMSOL>Lock Image or COMSOL>Lock Table.