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Written by Allen Wyatt (last updated December 19, 2023)
This tip applies to Excel 2007, 2010, 2013, 2016, 2019, and 2021
Most of the time, Microsoft Office applications work fairly well together. For instance, you might be creating a report for a presentation, and you need to include a chart along with the report. Fortunately, you can embed an Excel chart directly within a report you happen to be creating in Word. This is done in the following manner:
Figure 1. The Paste Special dialog box in Word.
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2020-06-16 03:23:30
Richard Curtis
Does this process rely on the Excel & Word documents remaining in the same respective folders? Our documents, especially those generated using Word, are stored in a document management system not a folder structure. Can a linked Excel chart survive this?
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This article is written for users of the following Microsoft Excel versions: 2007, 2010, 2013, 2016, 2019, and 2021. If you are using an earlier version (Excel 2003 or earlier), this tip may not work for you. For a version of this tip written specifically for earlier versions of Excel, click here:
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