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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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2018-03-26 04:32:59
Neil
If you want to paste in a report that you regularly update (say a monthly report) then is better to use "Paste Link" and the desired format. This is simply a matter of right clicking on the object(s) to do an update. Have been doing this for years very effectively.
2014-09-24 05:54:27
Richard
What an excellent tip! I had previously accepted the default type by clicking Paste, and wondered why I had to Paste again when the chart changed. Thanks.
2014-09-20 04:56:54
Chris Buchanan
Hi. I've done this so many times. However, it's not a picture: you can double click it and then alter it. The only to make sure it's a picture is to use the Word picture Paste Option (in 2013, 5th one along)
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