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I want to merge data from an excel database to an excel spreadsheet. Is that
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What? An excel database? No such thing :)

Excel has workbooks which are a collection of spreadsheets with data stored
in a table format with each cell having a unique row and column.

Microsoft Access is a database.

Did you mean convert an access database into an excel spreadsheet?

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I want to merge data from an excel database to an excel spreadsheet. Is that
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Hello Pamela,
We are currently using an Excel spreadsheet to perform a mail merge in Word.
The data is coming from the Excel spreadsheet. I want to use this same data
in a document created in Excel but I don't want to link the spreadsheets. I
just want the data copied in to the Excel file in certain cells just like it
is copied into the Word file in specific locations (fields). Word gives the
option of using an Excel file (database) as the data source.

I know this sounds backwards but the Excel file we are using is retrieving
the data from an Access application. This is because they want us to stop
using the Access application and go back to merging into templates.

An answer to the original question would be helpful even if done
programmatically.

Thanx :)

"pameluh" wrote:

What? An excel database? No such thing :)

Excel has workbooks which are a collection of spreadsheets with data stored
in a table format with each cell having a unique row and column.

Microsoft Access is a database.

Did you mean convert an access database into an excel spreadsheet?

"kaykayIT" wrote:

I want to merge data from an excel database to an excel spreadsheet. Is that
possible?

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Yes. Data | Import External Data | Import Data

"kaykayIT" wrote:

Hello Pamela,
We are currently using an Excel spreadsheet to perform a mail merge in Word.
The data is coming from the Excel spreadsheet. I want to use this same data
in a document created in Excel but I don't want to link the spreadsheets. I
just want the data copied in to the Excel file in certain cells just like it
is copied into the Word file in specific locations (fields). Word gives the
option of using an Excel file (database) as the data source.

I know this sounds backwards but the Excel file we are using is retrieving
the data from an Access application. This is because they want us to stop
using the Access application and go back to merging into templates.

An answer to the original question would be helpful even if done
programmatically.

Thanx :)

"pameluh" wrote:

What? An excel database? No such thing :)

Excel has workbooks which are a collection of spreadsheets with data stored
in a table format with each cell having a unique row and column.

Microsoft Access is a database.

Did you mean convert an access database into an excel spreadsheet?

"kaykayIT" wrote:

I want to merge data from an excel database to an excel spreadsheet. Is that
possible?

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