The spreadsheet does not change. The combination is called a compound document because of definition.
Is an external excel spreadsheet linked into a word document considered a compoound document in the microsoft enviroment?
yes
Sure. Why not?
A Word doc with a linked spreadsheet is usually called a 'Compound Document'.
It is still an Excel spreadsheet. The workbook does not change, just because it is linked to another document to form a compound document.
A document that is created by Microsoft Excel. Excel is a spreadsheet maker.
What you will see is a blank worksheet, which is a spreadsheet document in Excel.
A workbook, in Microsoft Excel, is what they call the spreadsheet(s). Just as in Microsoft Word, the page you are writing is called the document.
A spreadsheet can be a paper-based document. Excel is an electronic spreadsheet. A spreadsheet can refer to any electronic spreadsheet program. Excel is just one of the electronic spreadsheet programs that are available and it is the most popular one.
The benefit of linking a chart from an Excel worksheet to a Word document is that the chart data will always be current. Excel is spreadsheet software from Microsoft.
If it is linked then when the data in the spreadsheet is changed, that change will show in the Word document. If it is embedded, then changes in the spreadsheet will not have any effect on the figures in the Word document.
Document how to use the spreadsheet.