Where to find itWindow › Links
You place Excel or CSV tables and Word text as linked content or connect a Google Sheets address. For a recurring annual report, you can refresh source data and review changes. For Word, Medusa can keep its stored copy updated, while Excel and CSV provide a change list for applying to the original. Medusa reads Google Sheets as a source, and formula cells survive linked-table refreshes.
How to do it
- Place an Excel, CSV or Word file through «File» › «Place …».
- Open «Window» › «Links».
- Check the source and refresh the linked content.
- Review changes before output.
Limits
Google Sheets cannot be written from here; Excel and CSV use a change list for applying edits to the original.
Compared
Word/Excel linked, write-back
- Medusa availableboth ways, Google Sheets too; Word with paragraph styles, emphasis, links and lists there and back; shared Google documents linked as text
- Adobe InDesign partlylinked; updating replaces edits made in the layout with the source file↗ Adobe: Import text files
- QuarkXPressExcel linked↗ Quark: A Guide to QuarkXPress 2025
- Affinity Studioimport↗ Affinity: Import text / object styles
Vendor sources, as of 25.9.2026 · Full comparison with all sources