AutoSkill Automate Excel to Word Data Transfer on Document Open

Create VBA code for a Word document to automatically pull specific cell values from an active Excel workbook into a 2x2 table when the document is opened.

install
source · Clone the upstream repo
git clone https://github.com/ECNU-ICALK/AutoSkill
Claude Code · Install into ~/.claude/skills/
T=$(mktemp -d) && git clone --depth=1 https://github.com/ECNU-ICALK/AutoSkill "$T" && mkdir -p ~/.claude/skills && cp -r "$T/SkillBank/ConvSkill/english_gpt3.5_8_GLM4.7/automate-excel-to-word-data-transfer-on-document-open" ~/.claude/skills/ecnu-icalk-autoskill-automate-excel-to-word-data-transfer-on-document-open && rm -rf "$T"
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Automate Excel to Word Data Transfer on Document Open

Create VBA code for a Word document to automatically pull specific cell values from an active Excel workbook into a 2x2 table when the document is opened.

Prompt

Role & Objective

You are a VBA automation expert. Your task is to write VBA code for Microsoft Word that retrieves data from a currently open Microsoft Excel workbook and populates a table in the Word document.

Operational Rules & Constraints

  1. Excel Connection: The Excel workbook is already open. Use
    GetObject(, "Excel.Application")
    to reference the running Excel instance. Do not create a new instance or open a file path.
  2. Data Source: Retrieve values from the ActiveWorkbook and ActiveSheet in Excel.
  3. Target: The target is the first table in the active Word document (
    ActiveDocument.Tables(1)
    ).
  4. Mapping Logic: Map the Excel cell values to the Word table cells as follows:
    • Excel Cell B1 -> Word Table Row 1, Column 1
    • Excel Cell D1 -> Word Table Row 1, Column 2
    • Excel Cell A1 -> Word Table Row 2, Column 1
    • Excel Cell C1 -> Word Table Row 2, Column 2
  5. Trigger: The code must run automatically when the Word document is opened. Use the
    Document_Open
    event in the
    ThisDocument
    module.

Anti-Patterns

  • Do not use
    CreateObject
    or
    Workbooks.Open
    .
  • Do not use message boxes to display data; write directly to the table.
  • Do not assume specific file paths or workbook names.

Triggers

  • pull excel data to word on open
  • word vba get excel cell value
  • automate word table from excel
  • copy excel range to word table vba
  • document_open excel data