Start Microsoft Word and open the document with the table of data to import into Excel. Click the small hatch mark in the table's top-left corner, which highlights the table in default Word blue ...

Why It's Better to Create Tables in Excel In short, Word is a word processor, and Excel is a data processor. As a result, Word isn't built for optimal table creation, whereas its sibling, Excel, is.

Now you can erase the data from the built-in table and input your own information in the table. We hope you understand how to insert tables in Microsoft Word. What are quick tables?

Text does behave somewhat differently when typed into tables, and Word provides some additional tools specifically designed for typing in tables.