Include an Excel Workbook in Another Document
Excel 2011 is a part of the Office 2011 program suite so you can interact with Excel in the other Office 2011 such as Word and PowerPoint. In other words, you can combine these files by including an Excel workbook in another Office document.
Insert an Excel workbook into a Word document
The process of inserting an Excel workbook into a Word document is called embedding because you can create two separate files connected together, but changes in the main file will not be updated to the copied file.
1. In the Word program, from the Menu Bar, click Insert and choose Object
2. In the Object dialog box, click From File button
3. In the Insert as Object dialog box, select the Excel file that you want to insert and click Insert button
4. Word inserts the file into the document
Edit an Excel workbook inserted into a Word document
1. Double click on the Excel workbook inserted in the document (called as an object)
. Excel program will launch to open the inserted workbook
Link an Excel workbook to a Word document
If you maintain data in an Excel file and related information in a Word file, you can link the information to make updating easier.
1. In the Word program, from the Menu Bar, click Insert and choose Object
2. In the Object dialog box, click From File button
3. In the Insert as Object dialog box, do the following:
- Select the Excel file that you want to insert
- Select Link to File check box
- Click Insert button
4. Excel creates a link between the copied file and the original Excel worksheet file
