I want to import data into a Word 2003 TEMPLATE from an Excel sheet. The
data is both text and numbers, but not text and numbers in the same cell.
What is in one cell, for instance, B1, needs to go to a specific place in the
template. What is in B2 needs to go to another place in the template. How
can I do this?

I cannot figure out what to do in the Word template to let it know what data
from the Excel sheet should go in each specific place.

Thanks for any detailed instructions.

gman

Do you want to create a document where each piece of infromation could come
from anywhere in the Excel sheet (e.g. B1, C5, D37 etc.)?

If so, you can put links in your document to get the data. In Word 2003 you
probably need to
a. open your Word and Excel documents.
b. for each point in the Word document where you need information from
Excel,
- select the cell(s) you want to use in Excel
- Edit|Copy
- in Word, Edit|Paste Special, and choose one of the Link options (you
will need to experiment with the format). If you use alt-F9, you should then
be able to see a { LINK } field in your Word document.
c. once you have created one link, you /may/ be able to copy the link and
modify the LINK details, but in theory you ought to insert each link
separately as above.
d. Have a look at Word Help for general info. about updating Links etc.

Or do you want to create a document where each piece of information comes
from the same row? Further, do you want to create multiple copies of the
document where each document uses piece of information comes from one single
row in the Excel file?

If so, you can use MailMerge. In that case what you really need before
proceeding is to add a row at the top of your Excel sheet containing a name
for each column. Then open your Word document and use Word Tools|"Letters
and Mailings"|"Mail Merge..." to start the Mail Merge Wizard, and try to
follow it. Eventually you will need to insert "individual items" in the
appropriate places in your Word document.

Peter Jamieson
"gman" wrote in message
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I want to import data into a Word 2003 TEMPLATE from an Excel sheet. The
data is both text and numbers, but not text and numbers in the same cell.
What is in one cell, for instance, B1, needs to go to a specific place in
the
template. What is in B2 needs to go to another place in the template.
How
can I do this?

I cannot figure out what to do in the Word template to let it know what
data
from the Excel sheet should go in each specific place.

Thanks for any detailed instructions.

gman