Converting a Microsoft Word file to an Excel spreadsheet or vice versa is straightforward. You can achieve this with the good old copy-and-paste method, which is the easiest option available ...

Here are different methods using which you can convert a Word document to Excel format with or without using a third-party tool.

If you don’t want to spend money on Word and Excel, there are options for getting these programs for free—options that are legal and above board, and offered by Microsoft.