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How to copy excel data to word without table?

Author: Xiaoyang Last Modified: 2024-08-08

When you copy data from Excel to a Word document directly, normally, the data range is pasted as a table format in Word. Sometimes, you may want to paste the data to Word without table, so that you can edit the content conveniently. This article will talk about how to copy the data from Excel to word without table.

Copy excel data to word without table by using Paste Options

Copy excel data to word without table by using Convert to Text function


arrow blue right bubble Copy excel data to word without table by using Paste Options

When you copy the data from Excel file and paste it as text only in Word, the table will be removed at once, please do as follows:

1. Copy the data you want to paste into Word, and then right click the Word document where you want to paste the data, then choose Keep Text Only option under the Paste Options section, see screenshot:

click Keep Text Only from right click menu

2. And now, you can see the data has been pasted as normal range without table format, see screenshot:

copy and paste data to word without table

Note: By using this feature, the original data formatting will be removed as well.



arrow blue right bubble Copy excel data to word without table by using Convert to Text function

If you want to keep the data formatting from Excel to word, the Convert to Text feature in Word also can help you to finish this job.

1. Copy the data from Excel and paste it into Word, then select the data table, and click Layout > Convert to Text, see screenshot:

click convert to text feature

2. In the popped out Convert Table To Text dialog box, choose one separator to separate the text under the Separate text with option, see screenshot:

choose a separator to separate the text

3. The click OK button, and the table has been converted to normal data range with keeping the data formatting, see screenshot:

table is converted to normal data range

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