You can copy and paste objects to link or embed data from a worksheet or you can merge data from an Excel table into a Word form. The method you choose depends on your desired outcome.

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.

Why It's Better to Create Tables in Excel In short, Word is a word processor, and Excel is a data processor. As a result, Word isn't built for optimal table creation, whereas its sibling, Excel, is.