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MS Office Forum / Word / General MS Word Questions / August 2004How do you open an Excel doc in Word?
In previous versions I was able to open an excel document in word fairly easily. I would just select the file type .xls when I went to open a document, and it would bring the excel file into word as a table. Now in Office 2003 with Windows XP it does not even give me an option to open an .xls file. I have to save the excel file as a .txt file and then open it, but then it will not come in as a table. Any ideas? Heather There's been some suggestion in an earlier thread that this requires installing the appropriate file converters. If you didn't install all the available converters when you installed Office 2003, try again.  SignatureSuzanne S. Barnhill Microsoft MVP (Word) Words into Type Fairhope, Alabama USA Word MVP FAQ site: http://word.mvps.org Email cannot be acknowledged; please post all follow-ups to the newsgroup so all may benefit. > In previous versions I was able to open an excel document > in word fairly easily. I would just select the file [quoted text clipped - 6 lines] > > Heather Click Insert . . . File Change Files of type to All Files Select your excel File and Import the file -Gene > In previous versions I was able to open an excel document > in word fairly easily. I would just select the file [quoted text clipped - 6 lines] > > Heather I've been a user of Office user for many years and don't recall ever being able to open Excel with Word or vice versa. You can use the Insert, Object to insert an Excel-like Spreadsheet or Graph - and this opens part of Excel to do the work inside Word, but you cannot just open an .xls using Word. SignatureTerry Farrell - Word MVP http://word.mvps.org/ : In previous versions I was able to open an excel document : in word fairly easily. I would just select the file [quoted text clipped - 6 lines] : : Heather Beth says she can. SignatureSuzanne S. Barnhill Microsoft MVP (Word) Words into Type Fairhope, Alabama USA Word MVP FAQ site: http://word.mvps.org Email cannot be acknowledged; please post all follow-ups to the newsgroup so all may benefit. > I've been a user of Office user for many years and don't recall ever being > able to open Excel with Word or vice versa. You can use the Insert, Object [quoted text clipped - 11 lines] > : > : Heather In that case, it must be possible but how? Terry : Beth says she can. : [quoted text clipped - 14 lines] : > : : > : Heather She either has installed filters I haven't or she has them left over from a previous version. We haven't yet figured out which (because I've been too lazy to investigate further). SignatureSuzanne S. Barnhill Microsoft MVP (Word) Words into Type Fairhope, Alabama USA Word MVP FAQ site: http://word.mvps.org Email cannot be acknowledged; please post all follow-ups to the newsgroup so all may benefit. > In that case, it must be possible but how? > [quoted text clipped - 23 lines] > : > : > : > : Heather The conversion requires a converter that was provided in some earlier version or converter pack, but which has been removed (along with some others) from Word in the recent rash of security updates. If you wish to risk continuing to use the converter (and it will provide a security warning if you do - though the risks are minimal provided) then you can download it from my web space. Note this file is not linked from the site. http://www.gmayor.com/zips/excel32.zip Signature<>>< ><<> ><<> <>>< ><<> <>>< <>><<> Graham Mayor - Word MVP My web site www.gmayor.com Word MVP web site http://word.mvps.org <>>< ><<> ><<> <>>< ><<> <>>< <>><<> > She either has installed filters I haven't or she has them left over > from a previous version. We haven't yet figured out which (because [quoted text clipped - 35 lines] >>>>> >>>>> Heather Thanks for the clarification. It is something I have never wanted to do - but it is useful to know that I can. Terry : The conversion requires a converter that was provided in some earlier : version or converter pack, but which has been removed (along with some [quoted text clipped - 44 lines] : >>>>> : >>>>> Heather |
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