How do I imbed a Word document into an Excel cell?

I am trying to create a database of contact information. It is mostly textual
information. I would like to insert reference Word documents into each
record. This can be done easily in a Word table. However, Excel places the
imbeded object on the sheet, not in a cell. As such, I can not sort, filter,
etc. The best I have been able to figure out is to insert a hyperlink, which
is unacceptable for my purpose.

Thanks in Advance.

Baxter,

You can link stuff in a Word document to Excel. Select the Word text, Copy.
In Excel, in the cell you want the link in, Paste Special - Text - Paste
Link.

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"Baxter" <Baxter@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
news:AE18F15A-F4D3-4273-8EF2-039302A9888A@microsoft.com...
>I am trying to create a database of contact information. It is mostly
>textual
> information. I would like to insert reference Word documents into each
> record. This can be done easily in a Word table. However, Excel places the
> imbeded object on the sheet, not in a cell. As such, I can not sort,
> filter,
> etc. The best I have been able to figure out is to insert a hyperlink,
> which
> is unacceptable for my purpose.
>
> Thanks in Advance.

That method puts the text into the cell. What I am trying to do is to imbed
an entire document as an icon in a cell within an Excel worksheet.

"Earl Kiosterud" wrote:

> Baxter,
>
> You can link stuff in a Word document to Excel. Select the Word text, Copy.
> In Excel, in the cell you want the link in, Paste Special - Text - Paste
> Link.
>
> --
> Earl Kiosterud
> mvpearl omitthisword at verizon period net
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>
> "Baxter" <Baxter@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
> news:AE18F15A-F4D3-4273-8EF2-039302A9888A@microsoft.com...
> >I am trying to create a database of contact information. It is mostly
> >textual
> > information. I would like to insert reference Word documents into each
> > record. This can be done easily in a Word table. However, Excel places the
> > imbeded object on the sheet, not in a cell. As such, I can not sort,
> > filter,
> > etc. The best I have been able to figure out is to insert a hyperlink,
> > which
> > is unacceptable for my purpose.
> >
> > Thanks in Advance.
>
>
>