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Excel and the Internet
Most people who use a computer are connected to the Internet. The Web
has become an important way to share and gather information from
myriad sources. To help you with these tasks, Excel has the capability
to create files that you can use on the Internet and also to gather and process data
from the Web. This chapter covers topics related to Excel and the Internet.
Understanding How Excel
Uses HTML
HTML, an acronym for HyperText Markup Language, is the language of the
World Wide Web. When you browse the Web, the documents that your browser
retrieves and displays are usually in HTML format. An HTML file consists of text
information plus special tags that describe how the text is to be formatted. The
browser interprets the tags, applies the formatting, and displays the information.
In previous Excel versions, you could use HTML as a native file
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format. In other words, you could save a workbook in HTML
format and then re-open the HTML file in Excel with no loss of functionality. You
can no longer do so in Excel 2007. For example, all your formulas are converted
to values. Therefore, if you save a file in HTML format using Excel 2007, make
sure that you also save the file in a standard Excel format.
IN THIS CHAPTER
Saving Excel files in HTML
format
Creating hyperlinks
Importing data from a Web page
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