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excel tables become pictures
I pasted excel tables to Word 2007. After several rounds of
document editing (not necessary editing the tables), the tables became pictures and cannot be edited. What happened? |
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excel tables become pictures
If you copy and paste tables from Excel to Word, that is exactly what is
supposed to happen. You need to use Paste Special Excel Worksheet Object to maintain the option to edit the table (or check the 'paste link' box in the insert object dialog). -- Graham Mayor - Word MVP My web site www.gmayor.com Word MVP web site http://word.mvps.org John Smith wrote: I pasted excel tables to Word 2007. After several rounds of document editing (not necessary editing the tables), the tables became pictures and cannot be edited. What happened? |
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excel tables become pictures
Graham,
Are you saying that Word tables can spontaneously change into pictures? Pam Graham Mayor wrote: If you copy and paste tables from Excel to Word, that is exactly what is supposed to happen. You need to use Paste Special Excel Worksheet Object to maintain the option to edit the table (or check the 'paste link' box in the insert object dialog). I pasted excel tables to Word 2007. After several rounds of document editing (not necessary editing the tables), the tables became pictures and cannot be edited. What happened? -- Message posted via OfficeKB.com http://www.officekb.com/Uwe/Forums.a...neral/200904/1 |
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excel tables become pictures
Maybe I misunderstood what the OP meant? I assumed here that the table could
not be edited in Excel. It is but a table, and I know no mechanism whereby it would turn into a 'picture'. -- Graham Mayor - Word MVP My web site www.gmayor.com Word MVP web site http://word.mvps.org PamC via OfficeKB.com wrote: Graham, Are you saying that Word tables can spontaneously change into pictures? Pam Graham Mayor wrote: If you copy and paste tables from Excel to Word, that is exactly what is supposed to happen. You need to use Paste Special Excel Worksheet Object to maintain the option to edit the table (or check the 'paste link' box in the insert object dialog). I pasted excel tables to Word 2007. After several rounds of document editing (not necessary editing the tables), the tables became pictures and cannot be edited. What happened? |
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excel tables become pictures
How about if it's a SmartArt Object saved in a .doc format?
Regards |:) Bob Jones [MVP] Office:Mac On 4/23/09 9:31 AM, in article , "Graham Mayor" wrote: Maybe I misunderstood what the OP meant? I assumed here that the table could not be edited in Excel. It is but a table, and I know no mechanism whereby it would turn into a 'picture'. |
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excel tables become pictures
I thought the OP was saying that the Excel pastes into Word as a table (an
usual) but after a round or two of editing, he notices that they are images. My suspicion is that someone is deliberately doing that (copy paste special as picture (enhanced metafile)). Pam CyberTaz wrote: How about if it's a SmartArt Object saved in a .doc format? Regards |:) Bob Jones [MVP] Office:Mac On 4/23/09 9:31 AM, in article , "Graham Mayor" wrote: Maybe I misunderstood what the OP meant? I assumed here that the table could not be edited in Excel. It is but a table, and I know no mechanism whereby it would turn into a 'picture'. -- Message posted via http://www.officekb.com |
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excel tables become pictures
The tables could be edited at first. Then somehow they turned into
pictures and can no longer be edited. Once the tables have been pasted, they are edited but not pasted. Thus, I have no clue how the editable tables became pictures. PamC via OfficeKB.com wrote: I thought the OP was saying that the Excel pastes into Word as a table (an usual) but after a round or two of editing, he notices that they are images. My suspicion is that someone is deliberately doing that (copy paste special as picture (enhanced metafile)). Pam CyberTaz wrote: How about if it's a SmartArt Object saved in a .doc format? Regards |:) Bob Jones [MVP] Office:Mac On 4/23/09 9:31 AM, in article , "Graham Mayor" wrote: Maybe I misunderstood what the OP meant? I assumed here that the table could not be edited in Excel. It is but a table, and I know no mechanism whereby it would turn into a 'picture'. |
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