How to Insert Spreadsheet and Database Tables From Microsoft Applications

Intoduction

Tables from Windows-based spreadsheets (like Microsoft Excel, etc.) and Windows-based databases (like Microsoft Access, etc.) can be inserted directly into your document by using the following procedure.

Step	Action
1	Select (highlight) the table area.
2	Select Edit/Copy from the menu bar.
3	Select Edit/Paste (or Paste Cells) from the menu bar.
4	Type the table title into the document. Note: The table title will go above the table.
5	Click on Table Title in the format toolbar to format the table title and insert the autonumber. Important: Be sure to have Use Auto Numbering to Number Figures and Tables selected in the Format Assistant dialog box.

Oversized tables: landscape or as pictures

Severely oversized tables may fit best with landscape orientation or be inserted into your document as graphics, rather than text-based tables. These graphics can then be resized/reduced to fit the space available on one page.

We would like to avoid this whenever possible since the table pasted as a picture cannot be formatted to SEMATECH style standards. It also cannot be edited since it is a picture and not table text.

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