My 213k Ecxel table bloats my 105k Word Doc to 2.5Mb - Why? I've tried copy &
paste, copy & paste special. Both still bloat the Doc. Help!

Which option did you choose when using Paste Special?



"thebob" wrote in message
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My 213k Ecxel table bloats my 105k Word Doc to 2.5Mb - Why? I've tried
copy &
paste, copy & paste special. Both still bloat the Doc. Help!

I did not link it to the original. It doesn't need to auto-update from Excel.
It's a report; attendance listing.

"Jezebel" wrote:

Which option did you choose when using Paste Special?



"thebob" wrote in message
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My 213k Ecxel table bloats my 105k Word Doc to 2.5Mb - Why? I've tried
copy &
paste, copy & paste special. Both still bloat the Doc. Help!

OK, so what option DID you use?


"thebob" wrote in message
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I did not link it to the original. It doesn't need to auto-update from
Excel.
It's a report; attendance listing.

"Jezebel" wrote:

Which option did you choose when using Paste Special?



"thebob" wrote in message
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My 213k Ecxel table bloats my 105k Word Doc to 2.5Mb - Why? I've tried
copy &
paste, copy & paste special. Both still bloat the Doc. Help!

I'm sorry Jezebel; the answer to your question is:
Using Paste Special I selected Paste: & Microsoft Excel Worksheet Object

If I use HTML it truncates the Excel table.

I don't understand that if Office is all supposed to be OLE, why does a 200k
Excel table turn into a 2Mb beast in Word?

"Jezebel" wrote:

OK, so what option DID you use?


"thebob" wrote in message
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I did not link it to the original. It doesn't need to auto-update from
Excel.
It's a report; attendance listing.

"Jezebel" wrote:

Which option did you choose when using Paste Special?



"thebob" wrote in message
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My 213k Ecxel table bloats my 105k Word Doc to 2.5Mb - Why? I've tried
copy &
paste, copy & paste special. Both still bloat the Doc. Help!

If you're inserting it as an OLE object, then you're in effect embedding all
the Excel functionality into Word.

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"thebob" wrote in message
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I'm sorry Jezebel; the answer to your question is:
Using Paste Special I selected Paste: & Microsoft Excel Worksheet Object

If I use HTML it truncates the Excel table.

I don't understand that if Office is all supposed to be OLE, why does a
200k
Excel table turn into a 2Mb beast in Word?

"Jezebel" wrote:

OK, so what option DID you use?


"thebob" wrote in message
...
I did not link it to the original. It doesn't need to auto-update from
Excel.
It's a report; attendance listing.

"Jezebel" wrote:

Which option did you choose when using Paste Special?



"thebob" wrote in message
...
My 213k Ecxel table bloats my 105k Word Doc to 2.5Mb - Why? I've
tried
copy &
paste, copy & paste special. Both still bloat the Doc. Help!