Microsoft Office

Part IV
Using Advanced Excel Features
Understanding the Different Web Formats
When you save an Excel workbook for viewing on the Web, you have two options:
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An HTML file: Produces a static Web page, plus a folder that contains support files. You can create
the HTML file from the entire workbook or from a specific sheet.
A single file Web page: Produces a file in the Web archive format (*.mht; *.mhtml). You can
view these files only with Microsoft’s Internet Explorer browser.
Previous versions of Excel included an additional option to create an interactive Web page,
using the Microsoft ActiveX Spreadsheet Component. Users could perform standard Excel
operations directly in the browser. This feature was removed from Excel 2007.
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These options are described in the following sections. Both examples use a simple two-sheet workbook file.
Each sheet has a table and a chart. Figure 28.1 shows one of these worksheets.
FIGURE 28. 1
This workbook will be saved in Excel’s Web formats.
ON the CD-ROM
This workbook, named webpage.xlsx, is available on the companion CD-ROM.
Creating an HTML file
To save a workbook as an HTML file, choose Office ➪ Save As. In the Save As dialog box, select Web Page
(*.htm; *.html) from the Save As Type drop-down list and specify the Entire Workbook option. Name
this file webpage1.htm. Click Save to create the HTML file.
Figure 28.2 shows how Sheet1 of the file looks in a browser. Notice that the workbook’s sheet tabs appear
along the bottom, and you can switch sheets just as you do in Excel.
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