How can I use automator to copy and paste excel content to a new empty document?

Hi,
I would like to copy and paste the content from an excel file to another empty new document using automator, which I created a workflow like below
get specific finder item
open excel workbook
select cell from excel workbook (all content)
obtain selected content from workbook
copy to pasteboard the content of excel workbook
close the excel workbook
create new excel workbook
paste copyboard content to excel workbook
can anyone kindly suggest what's wrong with this workflow?
Thank you so much
Eddy
(i know this is a number place but I couldn't find any excel seciton sorry guys...)

now it only does one file at a time, whereas I would like to do multiple files simultaneously.
If you try a search for "loop Automator" and also "folder actions" you may find some usable pointers on how to do that.  The first example on this page looks promising.
SG

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