The information in this article applies to:
- Microsoft Excel 97 for Windows
SUMMARY
An add-in for Microsoft Excel 97 for Windows that helps you to combine data
from one or more worksheets into one workbook is available. The File
Integration Wizard add-in provides functionality that is similar to the
Lotus 1-2-3 file combine command.
MORE INFORMATION
The following file is available for download from the Microsoft Software
Library:
~ Filecomb.exe (size: 74588 bytes)
For more information about downloading files from the Microsoft Software
Library, please see the following article in the Microsoft Knowledge Base:
ARTICLE-ID: Q119591
TITLE : How to Obtain Microsoft Support Files from
Online Services
Using the File Integration Wizard
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Introduction
The File Integration Wizard for Microsoft Excel 97 integrates (combines)
data from one or more worksheets or from all worksheets in a selected
workbook into the current workbook. You can combine any file format that
Microsoft Excel can read. The wizard also allows you to perform operations
on the combined data. These operations include the following:
- Copy. Replaces text and values overwriting existing data.
- Add. Adds numeric data from the selected file to the values in
your workbook. Adds numeric data only and does not affect text.
The File Integration Wizard discards incoming values when the
value will overwrite a cell containing text. Also, when you use
this operation, text in the extracted file is not admitted.
- Subtract. Subtracts numeric data from the selected file from the
values in your workbook. Subtracts numeric data only and does
not affect text. The File Integration Wizard discards incoming
values when the value will overwrite a cell containing text.
Also, when you use this operation, text in the extracted file is
not admitted.
- Multiply. Multiplies numeric data from the selected file and the
values in your workbook. Multiplies numeric data only and does
not affect text. The File Integration Wizard discards incoming
values when the value will overwrite a cell containing text.
Also, when you use this operation, text in the extracted file is
not admitted.
- Divide. Divides numeric data from the selected file into the
values in your workbook. Divides numeric data only and does not
affect text. The File Integration Wizard discards incoming
values when the value will overwrite a cell containing text.
Also, when you use this operation, text in the extracted file is
not admitted.
Installing and Using the Wizard
To install and use the File Integration Wizard, do the following:
- Download the Filecomb.exe to your Desktop. Run the Filecomb.exe to
extract the Filecomb.xla add-in and copy it into the Library folder for
Microsoft Excel 97. This folder is usually located in the following
folder:
C:\Program Files\Microsoft Office\Office\Library
NOTE: You may now delete the file Filecomb.exe from your desktop.
- In the Add-Ins dialog box of Microsoft Excel 97, click the File
Integration Wizard check box, and then click OK. To run the File
Integration Wizard, point to Wizard on the Tools menu and click File
Integration.
- In step 1 of the wizard, click Browse to locate the file you want to
integrate. You are prompted to save the current workbook. If you never
saved the file, the Save As dialog box appears, otherwise the workbook
is automatically saved.
- In step 2 of the wizard, click Entire File or Specified range. In the
Cells to merge box, specify the range of cells you want to integrate,
and then click Next.
Note: if you click Entire File, the current workbook must have at least
the same number of worksheets as the workbook from which you are
extracting data.
- In step 3 of the wizard, click an operation. By default, Copy is
selected. In the cell range box, specify a single cell in which you want
to begin integrating data, and then click Finish.
NOTE: The add-in discussed in this document is provided "as is" and
Microsoft does not guarantee that it can be used in all situations.
Although Microsoft support engineers can help with the installation and
existing functionality of this add-in, they will not modify the add-in to
provide new functionality.
NO WARRANTY. The software is provided "as-is," without warranty of
any kind, and any use of this software product is at your own risk.
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