Forms created in Microsoft Word can be used to compile data on groups such as clients, purveyors and prospects, and later extract and import the data to an Excel worksheet.

Use Word to create a chart from existing Excel data You don't need Microsoft Excel to chart data in an existing Excel file; you can simply import that data and chart it entirely in Microsoft Word.

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.