Creating tables in Microsoft Word used to be so annoying that most people just did it in Excel, then imported it into Word.

You can convert an Excel Spreadsheet into a Word Document by two different methods- Use copy-paste or Insert it as an object. Learn how!

If you copy a table created in Excel 2010 and paste it in a Microsoft Word 2010 document, it will come with at least outside borders, if not all borders.

You copy something, paste it into Word, and suddenly it’s a formatting disaster. You aren't alone. I learned these paste tricks the hard way—so you don’t have to.