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Chapter : 5.10 Integrating Text and Web Page into spreadsheet

Topic : 5.10.1 Integrating Text into Spreadsheet

Integrating Text into Spreadsheet

 Open a blank or existing Excel 2010 spreadsheet. Click the Data tab on the
Ribbon and choose “From Text”.

FIG 5.33: From Text button

 Choose the text file user wants to import and double click. This will open the Text
Import Wizard.
 User can choose their data type and which row they want to start the data at and
click next.

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FIG 5.34: Text Import Wizard Step 1

 Step 2 of the Wizard allows user to manage the break lines between their data.

FIG 5.35: Text Import Wizard Step 2

 Step 3 of the Wizard allows user to choose column formats, provides data
preview, and other advanced settings. When everything is organized click on
Finish.

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FIG 5.36: Text Import Wizard Step 3

 A final window will be displayed asking where user wish to put the data into the
sheet. Here user can select either Existing Worksheet or New Worksheet.
 Text Data will now be input into the Excel sheet.

FIG 5.37: Imported Text File

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Chapter : 5.10 Integrating Text and Web Page into spreadsheet

Topic : 5.10.2 Integrating Web Page into Spreadsheet

Integrating Web Pages into Spreadsheets

 From the Excel Ribbon Click on Data.
 From the Data tab, in the Get External Data group click on From Web.
 It displays a following dialog box.

FIG 5.38: New Web Query dialog box

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 Enter a website address that user wants to get data from, and click Go. The
page will load in the preview box, and user might have to scroll to find the data
they want on the page.

FIG 5.39: Searching web page in New Web Query

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 User will see a small arrow beside any web tables they can import into
Excel. Click the arrow to select the data, and then click the Import button on the
bottom of the dialog.

FIG 5.40: Small arrow beside table

 Select where user wants Excel to place the web data, and click OK.

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FIG 5.41: Selecting cell to place the table

 A message in the spreadsheet that Excel is getting the data.

FIG 5.42: Getting data in excel

 After a few moments, web data will appear in Excel.

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FIG 5.43: Imported web page

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