Linked images and tables in a PowerPoint presentation or Word document retain a reference to their source node and model. You can view and edit all references in a presentation or document from the References page on the COMSOL tab of the File Backstage view in PowerPoint or Word. To access this page from the COMSOL ribbon tab, click the View All References () button. Alternatively, select the File tab and then select COMSOL > References ().

The source models for linked content in the presentation or document are listed in the Referenced Models column of the References page. To change a source model, click the link for the model, select a model file in the Browse window that opens, and then click Use As Source to confirm your selection and close the window.

Select the Use relative paths checkbox to enable using file paths relative to the Working directory. Click the link to change the working directory. Note that when switching to relative paths or changing the working directory the software will not move any files, and you will have to make sure to move or copy the necessary files to the new location.

By default the absolute path to the referenced models is saved with the images and tables. To change this behavior, select the preference option In new documents use > Relative paths, located on the COMSOL tab of the File backstage view.

To share a presentation or document without revealing personal information, click the Clear File Paths () button to keep only the filename portion of the paths. Updating linked content will still be possible if the source models are found in the same folder as the presentation, or by using the model links to find and save their location again.

The source feature nodes for the images and tables are listed in the Referenced Nodes column. To select a different source node, click the source node link to open the Edit Reference window. You can also open the Edit Reference window by clicking the source node displayed in the COMSOL Image or COMSOL Table tools tab after selecting the item, or by right-clicking the item and from the menu selecting COMSOL > Edit Reference.

The Edit Reference window displays the source Model Tree with only the feature nodes that are possible to use as image sources. To display the Model Tree when you open the window a COMSOL Multiphysics server is automatically started in the background and the model is loaded, unless it is already open in COMSOL Multiphysics or a connected COMSOL Multiphysics server. Double click a node from the Model Tree to set it as source. Alternatively, select the node and then click Use as Source. To change the source model, click the model link in the Model section of the window and browse to a new model. To accept the changes and to close the Edit Reference window click OK.

To check that all referenced source models and feature nodes in a presentation or document can be found, click the Verify All button. The result of the check is displayed in the Status section, and any missing models and nodes are indicated by a small warning triangle.

To remove all references to models from the presentation and keep only the images and tables, click the Delete All () button. To delete the reference for a single item, select it and then from the COMSOL Image or COMSOL Table tools tab click the Delete Reference () button. Alternatively, right-click the item and select COMSOL > Delete Reference. Note that after deleting a reference the image or table will not be linked to a COMSOL model and will not be possible to update.