How to Paste Tables From Word or Excel into InDesign
Bring your Microsoft tables into InDesign with this preference setting trick.
In this InDesign how-to video, Myra Ferguson shows a quick way to copy and paste a table from Excel or Microsoft Word into InDesign. If it doesn’t work, Myra has the solution: a simple Preference setting change. Finally, she covers how to handle copying from the online versions of Excel or Microsoft Word.
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This article was last modified on September 10, 2025
This article was first published on September 9, 2025
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