How to allow Word table to expand or reduce when linked to excel

[Nicki King]

Hi

How can i allow in Word for a table to increase or decrease in size when
linked to an excel spreadsheet that could change in size every month?

 

[Cindy M -WordMVP-]

Hi =?Utf-8?B?Tmlja2kgS2luZw==?=,

How can i allow in Word for a table to increase or decrease in size when
linked to an excel spreadsheet that could change in size every month?

Difficult to describe exact steps without knowing the version of Office
involved and how you brought the Excel table into Word, but...

The basic principle is to base the link to the Excel data on a NAMED RANGE
in the Excel workbook. When things are added to the named range, the
information that comes across the link will match. The tricky part being,
if you're adding things to the bottom of the range, making sure the named
range expands to include them.

Is this making any sense to you?

Cindy Meister
INTER-Solutions, Switzerland
http://homepage.swissonline.ch/cindymeister (last update Jun 8 2004)
http://www.word.mvps.org

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[Nicki King]

Hi,

OK my version of excel and word is 2002. If I copy and paste into word
from the excel spreadsheet and then told it to link to source - where do I
find the NAMED RANGE that you have mentioned.

Thanks

 

[Suzanne S. Barnhill]

Perhaps you haven't named a range? Look in Excel's Help for instructions on
doing so (the "Name cells in a workbook" topic) and also on how to extend it
(I think you do this by selecting the range name in the Name box and then
dragging to add to the selection).

 

[Cindy M -WordMVP-]

Hi =?Utf-8?B?Tmlja2kgS2luZw==?=,

OK my version of excel and word is 2002. If I copy and paste into word
from the excel spreadsheet and then told it to link to source - where do I
find the NAMED RANGE that you have mentioned.

Good. Now press Alt+F9 to see the LINK field code. By default, when using
copy/paste, Word will write the absolute cell references (R1C1) after the file
and worksheet name. You can substitute a NAMED RANGE for the cell references.
Press F9 to force the field to update; alt+F9 will turn the field codes back
off.

The named range you have to add explicitly in Excel, first. Select the cells,
then Insert/Names/Define and type in a name.

Cindy Meister
INTER-Solutions, Switzerland
http://homepage.swissonline.ch/cindymeister (last update Jun 8 2004)
http://www.word.mvps.org

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