Link or Embed The terms that Microsoft uses for putting an object from one application inside another are linking and embedding. When you link a chart from an Excel worksheet to a Word document, the ...

To embed or insert an audio or sound file in a Word document, Excel sheet or PowerPoint presentation, follow the steps mentioned in this tutorial.

To embed or add a Word document inside Excel requires the user to do so via Objects, Paste special, Linked documents, or creating a new file.

Launch Microsoft Excel and open the Excel spreadsheet you want to import Word document data into. Click the Insert tab, then click the "Object" button on the Ribbon.

Microsoft Word can accommodate a surprising number of file formats, and even take in Excel and PowerPoint data, though it might look funny. Here's how.