Excel 2010 Bible

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CHAPTER

Excel and the Internet

IN THIS CHAPTER

Saving Excel files in HTML

format

Creating hyperlinks

Importing data from a Web

page

M

ost people who use a computer are connected to the Internet. The
Web has become an important way to share and gather informa-
tion 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.

Note

Four of the Office 2010 applications are available in online versions: Excel,

Word, PowerPoint, and OneNote. You can run these applications from within

your Web browser. The online version of Excel is not the topic of this chapter,

and is not covered in this book. Rather, the chapter deals with Internet-related

features for the standard version of Excel. n

Understanding How

Excel Uses HTML

HTML (HyperText Markup Language) is the language of the World Wide

Web. When you browse the Web, most documents that your browser

retrieves and displays are 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.