One of the most common questions I hear when doing Office training is “How do I import data from Excel into my document?” Well there are a few different ways in which you can import data from Excel. The method you use will depend on whether or not you want the Excel data to retain its functionality in Word.

If you want, you can simply copy and paste your data into Word. When you do this, all the Excel data is converted into a Word table. So the Excel data does not retain any of its functionality once it’s pasted into word.

To perform this simple replication of data, use the steps outlined below:

1. Open your Word document.
2. Open your Excel spreadsheet.
3. Within Excel, select the cells you want to copy into Word.
4. On the Home tab, in the Clipboard group, click Copy.
5. Switch to your Word document.
6. Place the insertion point where you want the data.
7. Press CTRL + V.

You can then modify the data in the table as you would any other Word table.

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