copy & paste values+formats from excel to word

What is the best way to copy the values & formats of a table in excel into a
table in word?

I've tried various ways but it doesn't seem to work quite the way I expect
it to:
- paste as RTF - the resultant table does not seem to behave when I try to
change properties like column width, etc.
- paste as text - everything gets into a single cell rather than populated
throughout the table

Thanks.