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Word will work fine if all you want to do is display information, but if you want to calculate anything within the table, Excel is the better tool.

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Can you exceed 63 columns in a Word table?

No you cannot. 63 is the maximum number of columns for a table created in Word. If you require more than that, use Excel instead.


Is Microsoft Word and Excel interchangeable?

That depends on what you mean by interchangeable. They are two different applications designed for different jobs. Word is for manipulating and creating text documents whereas spreadsheet is for numerical analysis and manipulation. In Word you can create a table, enter numbers into it and do some simple calculations, but not the amount of things that Excel can do. Equally, in Excel you can type in text and manipulate it and create something like a letter. However, you would not use the two applications for those tasks. If you want to do lots of calculations you would use Excel instead of Word and if you want to type a letter you would use Word instead of Excel. You can copy and paste things from one to the other, which can be useful at times. For example, you may be typing a report in Word about some data and you could copy some of the data in Excel and paste it into Word.


Why do business use a data table?

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Advantages of using Word over Excel when creating tables?

Word has specific facilities to create tables, which Excel does not. Excel is already in a tabular format, with its columns and rows, but Word allows you to do a table of a specific amount of rows and columns. It will also automatically allow you to have borders on it. If your table is purely for text, then Word is better. Word can do calculations in tables, something many people do not realise, but Excel is better for doing them. You can copy and paste a table with calculations from Excel into Word. You can then use Word to add some extra elements in formatting. Word is good for having more formatting for text that you may have in a table. If you want to mix a table with large amounts of text, such as having a report that includes some tables in it, then Word can deal with that very well. You can position the table within the document in whatever way you want. By just having some borders showing, you can use Word's tables facility to design different kinds of diagrams and charts that have a structured layout. So unless you have a large amount of numbers and calculations in your table, Word is a better option than Excel.


Which button formats data as a table in Excel?

In Excel 2007, use the "Format as Table" button in the Styles section of the Home tab.


What is the use of time table in Microsoft Excel?

You can make a time table in Excel to show schedules of many things (trains, airplanes, etc.).


How do you use Excel for typing Microsoft Word?

Excel and Microsoft word are two different programs. To ask how to you use excel for typing ms word does not make sense


What word to use instead of is?

The's no single word that you can use to replace is. It depends on the context.ExamplesThe book is lying on the table (for The book is on the table).The castle stands at the top of the mountain (for The castle is at the top of the mountain).


What can You use to automate data analyzes in excel?

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Do creative writers use Microsoft Word?

Creative writers use a variety of programs, including Word,Office,and Excel, which are well-formatted programs, instead of Microsoft wordpad or notepad.


What is the difference between a pivot table in Microsoft Excel and a table in Microsoft Word?

They are radically different. A table in Word, just displays your data in a tabular form. A pivot table has a lot of functionality, enabling you to do things like calculations, picking different types of calculations, switching the table layout, changing what pieces of the data that it is based on that you use. Pivot tables are used to analyse data and simply manipulate the results as you do so. Tables in Word can actually do simple calculations, something many people don't even realise, but they can't do the same kinds of things a pivot table can do. Pivot tables are closer in their function to a Crosstab query in Access, than to a table in Word.


When would you use Excel instead of Word?

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