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.
Probably nothing. Sounds like semantics to me.
A spreadsheet app has rows and columns. Word processing just goes down the page.
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.
What is the difference between an academic paper format and a business document format?
Nothing. B26 = B26
The extension xls is a spreadsheet and xlt is a template. A template is a pre-designed layout for an Excel spreadsheet.
A spreadsheet file can contain multiple worksheets. Worksheet is the "grid" that you use to fill information and a spreadsheet can be a single worksheet or multiple worksheets
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They are the same thing, excel is Microsoft's spreadsheet programme.
what is the difference between formatting a business document and a academic paper
There might not be any difference. A text document is just characters, without any special formatting. A published document has been output from an application, usually to a printer. A published document could be a text document.
".odt" is for Open Document and ".doc" is for Word Document.