Google Docs – Embed Google Spreadsheet

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Is it possible to embed a Google Spreadsheet into a Google Document à la Microsoft Excel and Microsoft Word? How about a chart from a Spreadsheet?

Best Answer

From today (2016-05-20) on, Google is starting to roll out the ability to embed a chart from a Google spreadsheet into a Google document. At this point, two of my 3 Google accounts make the option available in the Insert menu, with a new Insert→Chart submenu below the Insert→Drawing… item.

When you insert such charts, they remain linked to the original spreadsheet. If all you want is tabular data, there's a table chart type that you can use to present your data as a simple table.

There are some limitations at this stage (e.g. regarding the size of the chart) and the chart must pre-exist in the spreadsheet before you can insert it, but this is going in the right direction…


To insert a spreadsheet or table, use Add a table from Google Sheets by copy-pasting from Sheets to Docs and choose the linked option.

The chart is not updated live if you modify the source spreadsheet while your document is opened, however, the document will detect changes and give you an Update button above the embedded spreadsheet to reflect the latest changes in the source.