How to Convert a Word File to Excel

This guide explains how to convert a Word File to Excel, with clear steps, practical tips, and important checks before you begin.

Method 1: Save Plain Text format and import into Excel

Step 1: Open the Word file that you want to convert to Excel worksheet, select File -> Save As -> Browse (or press F12 key ) to open the Save As window to save the file.

Step 2 : In the Save As window, enter the navigation to any folder to save the file, in the Save as type section, select Plain Text format and select Save .

Step 3: File Conversion appears, select Other encoding and select Unicode (UTF-8) if your Word uses built-in Unicode to avoid converting to Plain Text with font errors. Then click OK to save the Word file as Plain Text.

Step 4 : Open the new Excel file, on the Excel interface, select Data -> From Text tab .

Step 5 : The Import Text File window appears, select the Plain Text file you just saved and select Import .

Step 6 : In the Text Import Wizard window - select Step 1 of 3, select Delimited , if the data in Word is a table and include column headings, then check the box for My data has headers . Next click Next .

Step 7 : Next in the Text Import Wizard window - Step 2 of 3 you choose the delimiters included in Word to separate the column in Word, if you do not want to separate the data by the delimiter, you deselect in all options then click Next .

Step 8: Select the type of data format in the Text Import Wizard - Step 3 of 3. Next, click Finish .

Step 9: Next, in the Import Data dialog box, select the location to put the data into: Exitsting worksheet (current sheet); New worksheet (new sheet). Then click OK .

Then you save the Excel file again, so you've moved the Word file to Excel already.

Method 2: Use MS Word To Excel Converter Software

Step 1: You need to download and install MS Word To Excel Converter Software to the system.

• Link to download software http://www. sobolsoft. com/convertwordexcel/download/setup. exe

Step 2 : Run the program, on the interface you select Add Doc File (s), you can select all Word files in a folder by selecting Add All Doc File (s) In Folder.

Step 3 : The Add File window appears, select the Word file to convert to Excel and click Open .

Step 4 : In the Conversion Options section (1), choose the separation options:

• Do not split: do not split.
• Split by comma: separated by commas.
• Split by comma-space: separate with commas - spaces.
• Split by space: separated by spaces.

In the Save Results To This Folder (2) section, select the path to save the Excel file after converting from Word file. Then choose Start Converting (3).

The success message appears, select OK .

The result you will receive Excel file, you can open up to see the results.

Above the article has guided you two ways to convert Word files to Excel, hope you will be able to quickly convert Word files to Excel with two ways that the article has shared. Good luck!