Automatically extract data from a table into another word document

[OfficeAssociate99]

Hi,
I need to do a few things. First, I need extract data from around 6-7 other word documents and automatically have the data entered in specific areas of a table in a single "master document". The second thing is that this is updated on a weekly basis, and records are kept in another table in the master document of all the previous information. Therefore, it would be great if I could automate the process so that all the old data is automatically shifted from the "current" table to the "previous" table.
Any help would be greatly appreciated.