How to import a .doc file into Excel

[noxema]

I have several pages of names with telephone numbers in the form of a .doc file, typed in Microsoft Word. I have been told
that names can be arranged alphabetically in Excel, so will I be able to import the doc file into excel so that I do not have to
type the names and numbers over again?
If this is possible, please give me the procedure in terms a real newbie at Excel would understand.
Thank you,
Noxema