I want a table in word to update as the excell table changes.

[rock crushing engineer]

I have created a table in excell and inserted it into a word page. I would
like to table in the word document to update if i change the table in excell.

 

[Jezebel]

Embed the Excel table as a link.

 

[rock crushing engineer]

I have embedded the table as a link and just to check I changed the source
file and the table did not update in word.

 

[Jezebel]

Hard to diagnose on the information you've provided. The technique does work
(in general), so something is not set up correctly in your case.