Please Note: This article is written for users of the following Microsoft Word versions: 97, 2000, 2002, and 2003. If you are using a later version (Word 2007 or later), this tip may not work for you. For a version of this tip written specifically for later versions of Word, click here: Embedding an Excel Chart in a Word Document.

Embedding an Excel Chart in a Word Document

Written by Allen Wyatt (last updated February 27, 2021)
This tip applies to Word 97, 2000, 2002, and 2003

Most of the time, Microsoft Office applications work fairly well together. For instance, Word allows you to embed a chart directly from Excel into a document. This is done in the following manner:

Select the Excel chart you wish to embed in your Word document. (Make sure you select the entire chart, and not just a portion of it.)
Press Ctrl+C to copy the chart to the Clipboard.
Switch to the Word document.
Position the insertion pointer where you want the chart placed.
Choose Paste Special from the Edit menu. Word displays the Paste Special dialog box.
Select the Microsoft Excel Chart Object as the preferred method of pasting. (Depending on your version of Word, the wording of the object type might differ slightly.)
Make sure the Paste Link radio button is selected.
Click on OK. Word inserts the linked chart in your document.

WordTips is your source for cost-effective Microsoft Word training. (Microsoft Word is the most popular word processing software in the world.) This tip (62) applies to Microsoft Word 97, 2000, 2002, and 2003. You can find a version of this tip for the ribbon interface of Word (Word 2007 and later) here: Embedding an Excel Chart in a Word Document.

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Allen Wyatt

With more than 50 non-fiction books and numerous magazine articles to his credit, Allen Wyatt is an internationally recognized author. He is president of Sharon Parq Associates, a computer and publishing services company. Learn more about Allen...

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