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101 Excel 2013 Tips, Tricks and Timesavers
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Tip 67: Getting Data from a Web Page
This tip describes three ways to capture data contained on a web page:
→ Paste a static copy of the information.
→ Create a refreshable link to the site.
→ Open the page directly in Excel.
Pasting static information
One way to get data from a web page into a worksheet is to simply highlight the text in your browser, press Ctrl+C to copy it to the Clipboard, and then paste it into a worksheet. The results will vary, depending on what browser you use and how the web page is coded.
If pasting doesn’t yield the results you want, choose Home⇒Clipboard⇒Paste⇒Paste Special and then try various paste options.
Figure 67-1 shows some currency exchange rates, pasted from a web page at msn.com. As you can see, even the hyperlinks are pasted.

Figure 67-1: A table of exchange rates copied from a website and pasted to a worksheet.
Pasting refreshable information
If you...
Change the font size
Change margin width
Change background colour