Following are 3 different methods to copy a Table from Excel to Word.
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Simple Copy and Paste
To copy data from an Excel Worksheet to a Word Document,
select the cells containing data > right-click > Copy
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go to the Word Document > right-click > select the first option (keep source formatting) listed under Paste Options:
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The data is copied into Word as an official Word Table.
When you select this Table, the contextual tabs ‘Table Design’ and ‘Layout’ will appear on the Word Ribbon.
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We can also use the Keyboard shortcuts Ctrl + C to Copy and Ctrl + V to Paste data.
Drag and Drop
A Table containing data can be copied from Excel to Word using the Drag and Drop method.
Select the cells containing data > click on the border of the selected data > holding the Ctrl key, drag the selection into a Word Document and release the mouse button.
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Adding the Table to Word as an Object
As we don’t have much control over this method, I don’t use this one often. Anyway, it seems to work and can be useful in some peculiar situations.
To insert a Table from Excel to Word as on object,
go to Insert tab in the Word ribbon > click on the split button called Object > select Object…
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A dialog called Object will be activated.
Go to the Create from File tab and click on Browse…
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Another dialog called Browse will pop up. Use this dialog to select the Excel Workbook containing the Table and click on Insert.
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Click on OK in the Object dialog.
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The Table in the Excel Worksheet will be inserted into the Word document as an Object. Right-click on the Object (Table) to get the options for opening and editing the source data.
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Note: If the Excel Workbook has multiple Worksheets, Word will select the data from the last Worksheet.