- open the attribute table Excel and either save the Excel spreadsheet and insert that as an option, do a copy of the table in Excel and Edit > paste special in ArcMap Layout- use the second procedure in the following ESRI Knowledge Base document: <a href="http://support.esri.com/index.cfm?fa=knowledgebase.techArticles.articleShow&d=29569" target="_blank">http://support.esri.com/index.cfm?fa=knowledgebase.techArticles.articleShow&d=29569</a>