Link Excel with Word - here's how to do it

Microsoft provides you with several options that allow you to link Excel and Word. For example, linking allows you to implement an Excel spreadsheet into a Word document. Learn how to link the two applications Excel and Word here.

Insert Excel spreadsheet into Word: How to connect the applications

If you want to transfer a table or chart from Excel to Word, you can link the two programs. To do this, follow these steps:

1. Open Excel and create a table or chart that you want to implement in Word later, and select it.
2. Press the key combination [Ctrl] + [C] to copy the selection.
3. Open the Word document that you want to connect to Excel.
4. In Word, left-click where you want to insert the data.
5. Then call up the "Start" tab.
6. Click "Insert", select the "Insert content..." option.
7. Check the "Insert link" checkbox and select "Microsoft Excel workbook object" as the format.
8. Bestätigen Sie abschließend mit „OK“.

Die Diagramme oder Tabellen, die Sie so in Word einfügen, werden automatisch aktualisiert, wenn Sie die Quelldatei in Excel bearbeiten. Editieren Sie die Daten in Word, werden diese allerdings nicht in der Excel-Datei aktualisiert.