Embedded Table Problems

Question

Hi All,

The company I am working for has recently attempted to move to Microsoft Office 2010 but we are experiencing a few strange problems. One particular problem we have been having is embedding Microsoft Excel tables in Microsoft Word documents. I have looked at many other forums where people seem to have had similar problems but have not yet found anyone to be having this exact problem.

We are trying to make some word documents that have 3 embedded excel tables, not linked documents, these are editable directly from Microsoft Word itself. They have each been created by selecting Insert > Table > Excel Spreadsheet. Having done this everything would seem OK, it is only when we recreate many other documents using this document as a template that the problems arise. I'm not entirely sure how best to describe the issue but essentially when we open up a document at random and then double click to enter one of the three embedded tables. The information inside the embedded item, when opened, mimics the data of one of the other tables, when we click outside of the object to close editing it changes to one of the other tables with a different size. This object then becomes unusable as it no longer displays the data it should and the original data cannot be recovered with pressing undo, which then leads to a cycle of the same problem. I should mention that this problem seems to be completely random sometimes i can open a document and have no problem, other times i open a document and get the problem with either the 1st, 2nd or 3rd tables.

I hope i have been clear enough for somebody to help, if you would need an example i could perhaps send you an example document. Your help would be much appreciated. Thanks in advance.

Answer 1

Copy the file and save locally in the computer then check whether the issue reoccurs.

If it works fine then post you question in the Office Excel IT Pro forum link below:

http://social.technet.microsoft.com/Forums/en-US/excel/threads

Answer 2

Thanks for your swift reply. The documents are saved on the network connection and need to be so they can be accessed by all company employees. The documents are saved in .doc file extensions. I should explain that because the company have just upgraded to Microsoft Office 2010 that when the files are saved, they are saved to maintain compatibility. So are saved as Word 97-2003 documents. 

Thanks for your help.

Answer 3

Does the documents are saved locally or on the network location?

What is the extension of the document, is it .doc or .docx?