So, to clarify, I want to (for example) copy fifty cells in a column in Excel, (say, A2-A51), and paste them into a large table in Word, with A2 going into the cell in the word table that I have selected with my mouse, and cell A3 then goes into the cell below in the word table, and so on. If I copy a few cells in Excel, then try to paste them into an appropriate part of an existing table in Word, all the Excell Cells get pasted into the one cell in the Word table, not over the same range, using the selected cell as the top left corner, which is how it 'should' work (in my opinion, anyway, after all, when copying and pasting in the other direction, from a Word table to Excel, the cells from the Word table do not all get copied into the one Excel cell, they are copied to a range, using the cell selected for the paste as the top-left corner of the range.
#Copy word table to excel how to
All the 'how-tos' I have read only say how to paste Excels cells into a 'new' table in Word, not an existing one. How have you imported Excel data into Word before? Have you had any issues when you tried to do so? Share your experience in the comments section below.I want to paste cells from Excel into an existing table in Word.
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The option you choose really only depends on how you intend to use that data and whether you want to see or use data changes in the original Excel file.
#Copy word table to excel update
If you return to your original Excel file and make any changes to the data in any of the cells you pasted, you’ll see those changes immediately update in your Microsoft Word document. You’ll see that the inserted Excel data looks the same as in the previous section, but there’s a significant difference. The procedure to do this is identical to the one above, except in the Paste Special window you want to make sure to select the Paste Link checkbox. The best way to insert an Excel worksheet into a Word doc is by pasting it as a linked embedded object. Insert An Excel Worksheet As A Linked Object Cons: Doesn’t update with source data, and can’t edit table directly inside Word.Pros: Fast and convenient, good for large tables, and conserves original formatting.However, no matter how I do this, the data seems to paste into the Word table with 8pt. As a result, Id like to copy and paste the data in the cells of the table in Excel into the cells of the mirrored table in Word. Important: After pasting the data, you may have to clean it up so that you can take advantage of the calculation features in Excel. This is why Ive setup tables that mirror that of the excel ones except formatted to fit appropriately within the page margins. It also gives you an “attached” Excel data file of the original data file in case you ever want to modify the data or add additional data to your pasted Excel object in Word. When you copy data from a Word table into an Excel worksheet, the data in each Word table cell is pasted in an individual cell on the worksheet. What is nice about this approach is that none of the original formatting gets changed during the conversion to a Microsoft Word table. You can use all of Excel’s functions and formatting features to make any changes.When you double-click the object, Word opens the copied file for editing.When you use an embedded object to paste Excel data, Word creates a copy of the original Excel file.
#Copy word table to excel code
You can test the above code using big word files, with many paragraphs, tables and other objects. You can read those tables as it is using a simple macro. But any edits you make and save in that Excel file will update in your Word document. Copy table data from Word file to Excel Worksheet (as it is) Now, a word file or doc may have tables (multiple tables). Keep in mind this is an entirely new Excel file (not the original).
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If you do want to edit the data, just double-click on the object and it will open the entire original spreadsheet inside Microsoft Excel.
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However, you can resize the entire object so that it fits inside the margins of your document.