Microsoft Office

Part IV
Using Advanced Excel Features
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HTML Format: The range is pasted as a table, with all formatting retained. This format is pasted
when you choose Home ➪ Clipboard ➪ Paste.
Unformatted Unicode Text: Only the raw information is pasted, with no formatting. Cells are
separated with a Tab character.
If you’ve copied an Excel chart to the Clipboard, Word’s Paste Special dialog box displays different options.
Figure 29.2 shows Word’s Paste Special dialog box when an Excel chart is copied. The options are
FIGURE 29.2
Word’s paste options when an Excel chart is on the Clipboard.
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Microsoft Office Excel Worksheet Object: You can edit this object with Excel. Double-click,
and Word’s Ribbon is replaced with Excel’s Ribbon.
Picture (Windows Metafile): The chart is pasted as a picture.
Bitmap: The chart is pasted as bitmap image.
Picture (Enhanced Metafile): The chart is pasted as a picture.
Picture (GIF): The chart is pasted as a GIF image.
Picture (PNG): The chart is pasted as a PNG (Portable Network Graphics) image.
Picture (JPEG): The chart is pasted as a JPEG image, which usually results in a fuzzy image.
Microsoft Office Graphic Object: The image is linked to the Excel range, and you can also edit
it in Word. This format is pasted when you choose Home ➪ Clipboard ➪ Paste.
Pasting a link
If the data that you’re copying will change, you may want to paste a link. When would you want to use this
technique? If you generate proposals using Word, for example, you may need to refer to pricing information
that you store in an Excel worksheet. If you set up a link between your Word document and the Excel
worksheet, you can be sure that your proposals always quote the latest prices.
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