The content of a text box (tables included) can be completely exported to Excel without formatting loss via the following steps:
1. Select the entire text box (please see the Selecting Items on a Page topic for more information on this).
2. Right click on the text box red border and select Copy from the right click menu. Alternatively, press Cmd+C on your keyboard.
3. Open Microsoft Excel.
4. Right click on the destination cell and select Paste from the right click menu. Alternatively, left click on the destination cells to select it and press Cmd+V on your keyboard.
A part of the text box can be selectively exported to Excel via the following steps:
1. Select the text (or the table) of interest.
2. Right click on the selection select Copy from the right click menu. Alternatively, press Cmd+C on your keyboard.
3. Open Microsoft Excel.
4. Right click on the destination cell and select Paste from the right click menu. Alternatively, left click on the destination cells to select it and press Cmd+V on your keyboard.