Saving Word and Excel Tables in FrontPage

Many genealogists use an Excel spreadsheet to enter census records, obituaries, vital records data, and other information they would like to include as a part of their website. In the process, they have discovered that copying and pasting the file into FrontPage will create bloated code and "heavy" pages.

Thanks to Alan Gresley for the instructions. I have modified them somewhat and added screenshots.

The first five steps are for a Word table. Skip them if your data is already in Excel
Preparation:

Step 1 - Create backup copies.
Step 2 -Select & copy table to clipboard.
Step 3 - Paste to Notepad.
Step 4 - Select & copy data and tabs to clipboard.
Step 5 - Paste to Excel.

Note: The above procedure only removes the coding from Word. Both Word tables and Excel tables create tabs that only appear when pasted into Notepad. Once pasted into Notepad they look like spaces.

Insert HTML coding into Excel:

Step 6 - Insert a new sheet into Excel, and select & copy first sheet into second sheet (Select the whole sheet by clicking the blank square to the left of the A and above the 1) NOTE: This way you will still have your original sheet.

Screenshot of Excel Spreadsheet

Step 7 - Insert a column to the left of the first Excel data column.
Step 8 - Type <tr><td> (opens rows & cells) into the top left cell of the new empty column.
Step 9 - Replicate <tr><td> by dragging down to the last row containing the data. (Each data cell has a square box at the bottom right. When you mouse over, the pointer changes from a + with space inside to just a +, when this is seen, select and drag down.)

Screenshot Excel Spreadsheet column inserted.

Step 10 - Type </td></tr> (closes cells & rows) into the top cell to the right of the last data column.
Step 11 - Replicate </td></tr> by dragging down to the last row containing the data. (Each data cell has a square box at the bottom right. When you mouse over, the pointer changes from a + with space inside to just a +, when this is seen, select and drag down.)

Screenshot of Excel Spreadsheet with column inserted.

Step 12 - Insert a column between each remaining data column.
Step 13 - Type </td><td> (closes one cell, opens next cell) into the top cell of each new column
Step 14 - Replicate </td><td> by dragging down to the last row containing the data or Copy the first replicated </td><td> column into the other inserted columns. (saves time)

Screenshit if Excel Spreadsheet with additional columns inserted.

Select in excel and bring to Notepad:

Step 15 - Select (Select the whole sheet by clicking the blank square to the left of the A and above the 1 the whole data html field and copy to clipboard.
Step 16 - Paste to Notepad.

Screenshot of Excel Spreadsheet copied and pasted into Notepad.

Removing tabs in Notepad:

Step 17 - Copy a tab, paste into Find What field in replace tool. The select replace all. NOTE: To get a tab, open a new Notepad, press the tab key on your keyboard and a space (tab) will appear, copy the tab into the other Notepad Find What field (it will appear as a black rectangle), leave the Replace With section empty and click Replace All. All the tabs will now be gone.
Step 18 - Add <table> to beginning & </table> to end (opens & closes table).

Screenshot of Excel file in Notepad with tabs replace.

Bring into FrontPage:

Step 19 - Copy all from Notepad to clipboard.
Step 20 - Create one cell table in FrontPage
Step 21 - Select one-cell table in FrontPage code view and replace one-cell table with table from Notepad.

Screenshot of Excel table pasted from Notepad into FrontPage.

Screenshot Design View Excel Table inserted into FrontPage.

Final Table after styling has been added.

Additional Resources for Data Tables