As I've shown above, if you need to create a small table, you can do it in Word instead of Excel. It's easy to manage its layout, you can sort its data and perform basic calculations using formulas.

Although it's surprising how many Excel-like functions you can use in Microsoft Word tables, you have many more options in Excel, where functions and formulas also work more intuitively.

Learn how to Table within a Table within a table in Word and Google Sheets. You can put or insert a table into a table using these options.