Thanks Jezabel
There are still a couple of things that are not clear - I have tried to
paste the object into a text box with alignment set to verticla and Word says
it will not allow this. I did try earlier with the table aligned vertically
and this appeared to work. Am I right in believing I need to recreate the
table with text aligned vertically in order topaste it in?

Having done that am I right in understanding that becase the table
references is inside the object I cannot use it to cross-reference in the
text ?
And
Can I ensure the table appears on a complete page rather than split in the
text?

Thanks