Embed MS Word Text in Excel?

The only discussion that seems to exist about embedding between Word and Excel has to do with displaying Excel within a Word document.

Mosochist that I am, I have been trying to do the reverse: embed formatted Word text in (or on) an Excel worksheet. This is so that a multi-page explanation of what the workbook is doing can accompany the document.

Notice that I said "multi-page". Embedding works fine for short pieces of Word text, but as soon as it exceeds about the length of the Word-setup page, it requires double-clicking and in-Word processing to see the rest of the text. Nor will Print send any more than the short visible piece to the printer.

Is there perhaps some way to make Word's Page Setup assume an 8.5-in wide by infinitely long "paper" with no top or bottom margins? Perhaps a Registry hack of some kind that would let Word's "paper length" be greater than 22 inches?

Any tips -- including the advice that it is known to not be possible, so that I don't keep wasting my time trying to figure it out -- will be very welcome.

Word and Excel 2000 are my current nemeses, but perhaps XP would be worth the purchase?

Thanks very much and God bless!