title: Reference Excel cells in Word
body: <p>Does anyone know of a pre-packaged solution for referencing Excel cells directly in a Word document? </p>
  
  <p>For example,</p>
  
  <blockquote>
  <pre><code>                                                         {[TestExcel]Tab1!A1} 
  </code></pre>
    
    <p>Dear Mr. {[TestExcel]Tab1!A2},</p>
    
    <p>Our systems have alerted us that your account {TestExcel]Tab1!AccountNumber} is overdue. Please remit payment of {TestExcel]Tab1!PaymentDue} immediately.</p>
  </blockquote>
  
  <p>This example uses a hypothetical { } syntax, where the contents are standard Excel formula.</p>
  
  <p>Every solution I've seen uses custom VBA to accomplish this. It seems like an extremely common need for which there should be some good 3rd party software available that lets non-technical users accomplish this task. </p>
  
  <p>As indicated in the example above both named ranges and standard cell references would need to be supported.</p>