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Spreadsheets in Word (Mac)
I use Word (standard version) to produce invoices, just basic word documents with an embedded excel spreadsheet. When I do this on my Windows PCs, I can edit the spreadsheets from inside Word and...
In Word for Mac, embedded Excel spreadsheets cannot be edited inline as they can in Word for Windows. Double‑clicking the object always launches the full Excel application, and the visible cell range cannot be adjusted directly within Word. This behavior reflects a platform limitation documented by Microsoft.
https://support.microsoft.com/en-au/office/linked-objects-and-embedded-objects-0bf81db2-8aa3-4148-be4a-c8b6e55e0d7c