Chapter 31: Using Excel Data in Word Documents

Overview

Its many presentation features notwithstanding, Microsoft Office Excel 2007 is at heart an analytical tool. When it comes time to organize Office Excel 2007 data and present it in the context of a larger, textual report, you need another stalwart in the 2007 Microsoft Office system suite, Microsoft Office Word 2007. Naturally, Office Word 2007 is designed to work hand-in-glove with Excel, so you can easily do your analysis in Excel and transfer the results to Word when you need to incorporate your tables and charts into a verbal report.

In this chapter, you'll survey the few points you need to know when incorporating your Excel tables and charts into Word. You'll also see how you can use contact lists stored in Excel to generate form letters, mailing labels, and envelopes in Word.