Retaining changes and format of imported excel data.. please help.
Is there some kind of secret that Im mising out on that will allow me to make changes to the data in the excel cell range in which I import to an InDesign document?
It was working fine, until I had to add a line of data to the import field range, and now it asks me every time I open the InDesign file to apply changes.. And now when I update said imported data, it comes up as little red dots, and I have to change all of the cell parameters to get the text to show.
Obviously this is very annoying, and Im hoping there is an easy solution. Im thinking it must involve re-linking the data in the InDesign file, and I must be doing something wrong not to be able to get it to keep the changes I've made and the format it is in so that I do not have to the "red dot" fix every day.
Hopefully Ive explained this well enough.. Im dying for some help :)
Thanks in advance
J
Im not sure I want it to not keep the link..
I'll explain what Im using InDesign for, maybe it will help..
I use it to update daily information (numbers/data) for a publication. I update and save all of the info in the Excel files that contain the data, and then I use InDesign to place all of the data together in a file (which I then turn into a PDF).
All of the other data that Im pulling into the InDesign file from the same excel file do not go all screwy and give me red dots, only the one box of info that Ive had to add a line of data to.. and like I say, now it updates and pulls into InDesign as different font size and red dots.
If I turn of that link option like you say, will my daily info still update and pull into the InDesign file?
Again, thanks for your help.
J
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