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Is it possible to Create Word variables which link to Excel document?

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In our company, we have an excel for each project, it looks something like this:

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We also need to use this information in specific word documents like so for example:

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Is there a way to create variables in Word, which link to specific cells in Excel? Preferably in a way where you can easily change the link to the Excel file, so you can quickly switch between projects.

 

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best response confirmed by PieterL_S3A (Copper Contributor)
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@PieterL_S3A The "poor man's" way of doing this would be to set up your data in the following format, 

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and then use that workbook as the data source for Mail Merge.

@Doug_Robbins_Word_MVP 

Yess, thanks! I will have to make a file with all projects indeed.

For posterity: using 'more items' allows you to add a single variable quite simply (sorry that the image is in dutch)

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best response confirmed by PieterL_S3A (Copper Contributor)
Solution

@PieterL_S3A The "poor man's" way of doing this would be to set up your data in the following format, 

Doug_Robbins_Word_MVP_0-1695377020877.png

 

and then use that workbook as the data source for Mail Merge.

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