Clip art consists of computer graphics files that can be inserted into a document or other file. The term originates from physical books of art from which designers literally clipped art to paste into their layouts. Clip art is commonly included in many software programs, especially desktop publishing and drawing applications like Microsoft Publisher and CorelDRAW, and can also be purchased in separate packages.
Object Linking and Embedding (OLE) is a technology developed by Microsoft that allows embedding and linking to documents and other objects. An example is inserting a drawing created in CorelDRAW into a Microsoft Word document. The OLE object can be embedded as a static copy or linked to reflect changes made to the original drawing. Double-clicking on the drawing in Word opens a CorelDRAW window for editing within Word.
