Why It's Better to Create Tables in Excel In short, Word is a word processor, and Excel is a data processor. As a result, Word isn't built for optimal table creation, whereas its sibling, Excel, is.

Creating a new table from query results can help you build a database of your clients, employees, expenses and other business details by allowing you to select certain columns from existing tables.

Google rolls out even more changes to make table creation easier in Sheets, including automatic table detection and a button to instantly make one.