Understanding the Office link

Property data synchronization is the primary configurable feature of the Microsoft Office link. The link can synchronize the property values of files created by the Office applications that are linked to Meridian document properties.

Meridian can synchronize property values automatically at key events in a document’s life cycle and manually using commands in the Meridian client applications and provided by add-ins installed in the linked applications. The synchronization events are determined by the document’s type, as described in Configuring title block updates. You configure the Office link by specifying:

• Which Office property to synchronize with which Meridian property
• Which direction to synchronize each property, from Office to Meridian or from Meridian to Office

You configure the Office link by editing an INI-like text file that is stored in a hidden area of the vault. The file can be edited in Configurator as described in the following topic.