Chart function in Word

Question

In Excel, charts can be used or pasted into Word, but the format in Excel is not as good as Word.

May I ask if it is possible to use the data from the Word table itself (as the data source) in Word to generate graphics. If possible, what should I do?

Answer 1

Hi,

Did you mean you want to Convert Text to Table in Word?

If yes, please go to Insert- Tables- Covert Text to Table...:

If my understanding is incorrect, please be a bit more precise to explain your requirement or you can upload a screenshot so that I can get more accurate solutions to this problem. I’m glad to help and follow up your reply.

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Answer 2

There isn't an easy way to repurpose a Word table as a chart data table.

You can insert a chart in Word using Insert>Chart, but it will use its own data table for the chart.

Here's a page with a workaround using VBA, but it's a fair bit of work:

https://wordmvp.com/FAQs/MacrosVBA/LinkTableWithGraph.htm