a document (preferably a word-processor document intended to be printed) containing embedded data presented as pictures
a document that appears to be a single unit, but which is in fact made up of information from more than one program
a way of storing data in multiple formats such as text, graphics, video, and sound, in a single document
A term from document management, denoting the fact that a document is typically made up of components -- e.g., a header, body, footer, a spreadsheet, some images. Note, however, that the term implies that the document is the organizing entity -- and that the components are the exception: a top-to-bottom view. In contrast, Web content management systems typically use a bottom-to-top view, organizing atomic components -- templates, content, images, hyperlinks -- to create pages.
A document that contains data in different formats created by different applications. Compound documents are created in a container application, such as Microsoft Word, and information from another application, such as a spreadsheet from Microsoft Excel, a sound clip, or a bitmap, is either embedded in or linked to the container application.
Compound document features provide the ability to create document-to-document relationships that quickly organize documents into logical groups. This allows you to link related documents together that would not be stored in the same folder.
A document that contains components built by more than one application. See also document-centric computing.
A document that contains, in addition to text, graphics, images, or other non-textual components.
A file that has more than one element (text, graphics, voice, video) mixed together.
A compound document is a document that uses more than one XML Namespace. Compound documents may be defined as documents that contain elements or attributes from multiple document types.
Compound Document Architectures@@ See also: document
A document that contains data from two or more applications. For example, a word processing document that contains a chart from a spreadsheet program is a compound document.
A compound document is a set of one or more pages that consists of a mixture of text and images, for example pdf or html.
In computing, a compound document is a document type typically produced using word processing software, and is a regular text document intermingled with e.g. spreadsheets, pictures, digital videos, digital audio, and other multimedia features. It can also be used to collect several documents into one.