## Managing Files

Each MS Office file, such as a Word document or an Excel worksheet, is represented in SSA PDM by two Objects that are linked to each other:

- An SSA PDM File, which holds the location of the MS Office file and additional data about it. This SSA PDM File has the same name as the MS Office file.
- An SSA PDM Document, which is revision-controlled, and which has a unique ID and revision. The SSA PDM Document contains attributes that describe the characteristics of the file. The file's name is held in the Document's Description attribute.

For example, when the Word document Report_2002.doc is created and then saved to SSA PDM, the Integration creates:

- An SSA PDM Document with the description attribute Report_2002.doc.
- A linked SSA PDM File with the file name Report_2002.doc.

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