# Pasting tables into your project

## Pasting tables into your Overleaf project

**Visual Editor** can’t fully preserve the form and style of every table pasted into your project, but you can still save time and effort by pasting a wide range of tables created in other applications.

**Visual Editor** tries to preserve and preview the following table elements:

* horizontally merged cells (spanning multiple columns)
* borders applied to cells
* formatting of text within table cells
* table captions and headings

**Visual Editor** also lets you [modify the pasted table](/writing-and-editing/generating-and-inserting-tables.md#how-to-edit-or-customize-an-inserted-table), such as editing cell contents or adding rows and columns. You can also switch to **Code Editor** to make changes, including setting $$\LaTeX$$ parameters that control the table’s [position within the typeset document](/writing-and-editing/inserting-images.md#positioning).


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