Reply
 
LinkBack Thread Tools Search this Thread Display Modes
  #1   Report Post  
Jetson2k
 
Posts: n/a
Default Is there a way to copy web site data to excel to make it sortable

I am trying to copy data from a web site and paste it into excel. this I can
do however, excel does not recognize the data. Is there a way to make excel
recognize the data so that is can be sorted. totalled etc.
  #2   Report Post  
Gary's Student
 
Posts: n/a
Default

What you want is not difficult, just laborous. Lots of junk gets pasted when
the web content is pasted. Usually I have to erase the pictures & hyperlinks
with:

Selection.Hyperlinks.Delete
ActiveSheet.Pictures.Delete

in a macro and then unmerge cells and move things around.
--
Gary's Student


"Jetson2k" wrote:

I am trying to copy data from a web site and paste it into excel. this I can
do however, excel does not recognize the data. Is there a way to make excel
recognize the data so that is can be sorted. totalled etc.

Reply
Thread Tools Search this Thread
Search this Thread:

Advanced Search
Display Modes

Posting Rules

Smilies are On
[IMG] code is On
HTML code is Off
Trackbacks are On
Pingbacks are On
Refbacks are On


Similar Threads
Thread Thread Starter Forum Replies Last Post
Daily data to weekly data conversion in Excel? dlanc Excel Worksheet Functions 1 August 9th 05 02:12 AM
Sort pages? David Excel Discussion (Misc queries) 15 May 13th 05 11:33 PM
How do I create a list in excel that contains external data? bill@bb Excel Discussion (Misc queries) 1 February 15th 05 02:45 AM
copying data from Excel spreadsheet to another DavidB Excel Discussion (Misc queries) 1 January 10th 05 11:26 PM
Fetching External Data from Excel Sri Excel Discussion (Misc queries) 2 January 3rd 05 11:46 AM


All times are GMT +1. The time now is 05:00 AM.

Powered by vBulletin® Copyright ©2000 - 2024, Jelsoft Enterprises Ltd.
Copyright ©2004-2024 ExcelBanter.
The comments are property of their posters.
 

About Us

"It's about Microsoft Excel"