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        <title><![CDATA[Another Caveat]]></title>
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        <description><![CDATA[It stores the details of your webquery in a named range on the work sheet. If you want more than one query on a sheet, you need to delete the named ranges as you go along.  (That or use a different sheet for each set.)I tend to have one sheet for the basic import. I scrub the data, then move it to another sheet. (Sometimes this is because I'm taking data from several similar pages.)]]></description>
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        <dc:creator><![CDATA[mattohare@...]]></dc:creator>
        <pubDate>Thu, 11 Sep 2008 05:50:18 -0700</pubDate>
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        <title><![CDATA[RE: Import and convert Web text to columns in an Excel worksheet]]></title>
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        <description><![CDATA[A word of caution.  Check the last row of imported data against the website data to ensure all data was imported.  I recently imported a large amount of data using the web query only to later find about 40% had been truncated for reasons unknown.]]></description>
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        <dc:creator><![CDATA[cisauditor]]></dc:creator>
        <pubDate>Wed, 10 Sep 2008 04:15:10 -0700</pubDate>
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        <title><![CDATA[Works for me]]></title>
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        <description><![CDATA[Works very well. The comment about too many steps needs more Excel experience.Ron]]></description>
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        <pubDate>Thu, 21 Aug 2008 10:57:02 -0700</pubDate>
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        <title><![CDATA[I've had issues with wiki with this.]]></title>
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        <description><![CDATA[I think some pages do the layout with something other than tables. Especially with all the anti-table craze, some use positioning and layout for something that tables WERE designed for.Oh well, there's no such thing as a perfect solution.]]></description>
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        <dc:creator><![CDATA[mattohare@...]]></dc:creator>
        <pubDate>Thu, 21 Aug 2008 06:10:33 -0700</pubDate>
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        <title><![CDATA[Import entire page]]></title>
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        <description><![CDATA[Just imported so looks like you need to do the whole page using the arrow at the very top left of the page as the individual tables are not available by themselves.  Probably created as one table when posted so that may be the issue]]></description>
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        <dc:creator><![CDATA[john@...]]></dc:creator>
        <pubDate>Wed, 20 Aug 2008 10:12:37 -0700</pubDate>
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        <title><![CDATA[How does the author block this???]]></title>
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        <description><![CDATA[Very useful - I've done this many times.  However, I need to import the current PGA Money Leaders table from pgatour.com but it doesn't work - looks as though it's blocked.  Anyone know a way around this? Currently I do the copy and paste route.]]></description>
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        <dc:creator><![CDATA[malcolm@...]]></dc:creator>
        <pubDate>Wed, 20 Aug 2008 09:41:40 -0700</pubDate>
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        <title><![CDATA[Does not work for Cincom - Mtldtl using Excel 2003]]></title>
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        <description><![CDATA[Hello, I was hoping this would work for an MRP program we us at work called CINCOM which shows a material detail screen.  I successfully select the sheet using the method recommended but when it imports the sheet there's a lot of data that doesn't move over.  It shows all of the Column headings successfully but no data other than just one row of data.]]></description>
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        <pubDate>Wed, 20 Aug 2008 09:38:46 -0700</pubDate>
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        <title><![CDATA[If you're importing a proper table element....]]></title>
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        <description><![CDATA[If you're importing a table, it will go into columns. The author?s example didn't show this very well.This tool brings everything in with a lot fewer steps. I've never had to use the step of splitting columns. (Unless the table was a badly done table, then I'd have to split the columns even with copy/paste.)Copy/Paste can be good a lot of the time, but it brings along some odd side effects. Also, you run the risk of having to remake the selection if the table is a lot longer than the browser.If you want to see a scenario where this really flies, try:https://www.cia.gov/library/publications/the-world-factbook/fields/2054.htmlWith very little work, you have a great table of national birth rates, with out the hassle of dragging the mouse down to the exact point to select the table and only the table. (Do make sure tick the yellow/green arrow at the upper left of the table of data itself.I can tell you that I've used this process a lot to get data in from various places on the web. I find it valuable to the extreme.]]></description>
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        <pubDate>Wed, 20 Aug 2008 08:55:02 -0700</pubDate>
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        <title><![CDATA[Too many steps]]></title>
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        <description><![CDATA[I find it much easier to simply highlight the table data I want, then copy and paste into Excel using the &quot;Paste Special - Text&quot; function.  Excel will automatically put into columns and it is immediately ready for use.  Much simpler]]></description>
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        <pubDate>Tue, 19 Aug 2008 08:14:53 -0700</pubDate>
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