Updating Linked Excel File: Changing Worksheets

I have a series of InDesign documents with linked Excel files filled with area-specific rate tables.
The Excel files contain several different areas separated into worksheets. Each worksheet layout is identical. Only the data in the tables changes.
I have a template file set up pointing at Excel File A Worksheet 1, and I would like to redirect the link to Excel File A Worksheet 2.
The problem is that when I ask InDesign to relink, it asks me for the cell coordinates all over again. This ruins my efficiency.
Is there a way to update only the linked file's worksheet, from Excel File A Worksheet 1 to Excel File A Worksheet 2, without resetting the cell coordinates?

I've seen this error sporadically and have no clue what causes it. The
only thing you can do is follow the direction and re-place the file.
Bob

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Im working with about 200 pages product catalog and the product information is on excel tables. I import the excel file as unformatted table in Indesign and format the table using the table and cell styles. The importing and formatting goes just fine, but when i edit the linked table in excel and then try update the link the Indesign notes: "Cannot update the link for xxxx.xls. Please place the document again to reset the link." The catalogs product information is on 5 separete excel files and each file contents about 3000 rows and 7 colums, the idea was that i import the excel tables to Indesign and when the customer makes changes or correction in excel, i just update the links and thats it. This updating error sinks the whole idea, has anyone a good idea how to fix this problem or can i do the job some other way?
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I've seen this error sporadically and have no clue what causes it. The
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Bob

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Has anyone found a work around to having linked excel files on SharePoint Online?
Right now in all my tests, SharePoint Online disables the links in my excel file to cells in another excel file and I cannot find anyway to change the links.
This is a pretty basic function that is used extensively in excel so I'm a little surprised that this is not available in SP Online.

Hi,
According to your description, the links to other Excel files in the current Excel file not working if in a SharePoint Online environment.
In SharePoint, Excel files is handled by Excel Services. In SharePoint 2013, the “unsupported features continue to behave as they do in Office SharePoint Server 2007
for Excel Services”:
https://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/office/ff595319(v=office.15).aspx
Among the “Unsupported Features in Excel Services in SharePoint 2007”, “External references (workbooks that contain links to other workbooks)” is there:
https://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/ms496823(office.12).aspx
As a workaround, I would suggest that you can transfer the data from Excel file to SharePoint list/library, it would be easier to deal with this scenario in SharePoint
with the content management related feature provided.
You can also submit a feedback to the Office Developer Platform with your expectation about the future version of SharePoint:
http://officespdev.uservoice.com/
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Importing Word Files With linked Excel files

I have a word document with linked excel files that appear as linked images in word. When these images are clicked it opens it up in Excel where I can edit them which is fine. However, I would like to import the word doc into adobe indesign with editable tables - not images. Is there a way I can do this?
Importing, exporting, converting. Nothing seems to work besides manually bring in the separate excel doc in one by one but that will be very time consuming at my end.
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AFAIK, that won't work. InDesign doesn't support OLE.
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Hello everyone:
a) I have problems when update links in files crated based on
a template page.
I read Dreamwaver (DW) help menu. Seems to me Dreamwaver is
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I created a template file based on a sample page. Template
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> I created a template file based on a sample page.
Template file saved to
> the
> template folder. Then I crated few pages based on the
template. I checked
> links
> in new files and found that link structures are based on
template folder,
> not
> based on files current folder position.
This means that you are entering the links manually, not
using the Property
inspector and browsing to the target file. You should do it
this way until
you understand how templates work. All links in a template
file should
(usually) be one of three kinds -
1. Document relative BASED ON THE TEMPLATE, e.g.,
<a href="../whatever....
2. Root relative, e.g.,
<a href="/whatever....
3. Absolute, e.g.,
<a href=''
http://www.example.com/whatever....
Anything else will always result in the Template folder being
placed in the
path for the link when you create a child page.
> b) Can DW template update Navigation bar links correctly
based on relative
> document path?
Yes, of course.
> I have Navbars imported from Fireworks into DW.
This could easily be one of your problems. Those menus are
definitely
broken and should never be used.
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> Hello everyone:
>
> a) I have problems when update links in files crated
based on a template
> page.
>
> I read Dreamwaver (DW) help menu. Seems to me Dreamwaver
is smart enough
> to
> update links based on correct file structure.
>
> I created a template file based on a sample page.
Template file saved to
> the
> template folder. Then I crated few pages based on the
template. I checked
> links
> in new files and found that link structures are based on
template folder,
> not
> based on files current folder position.
>
> Please give me some suggestions on how to correct this
problem. If you
> know
> some good online tutorial or documentations please share
with me.
>
> b) Can DW template update Navigation bar links correctly
based on relative
> document path?
> I have Navbars imported from Fireworks into DW. Files
crated based on
> template are not updating pop-up menu links correctly. I
manually updated
> every
> links. It is time consuming and
>
>

How to link Excel file to Access

Hello,
I created a barcode database using excel and labview. Now i want this data to be in access as a database and continuosly update it.
I have a doubt also as i have created excel sheet of various product barcode and there is always a new sheet that is saved when ever working( this is a requirement) so how can i link all the file and creat one access database.
Thanks in advance, Need urgent help
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Naman Vaidya

sorry for the confusion.
i want labview to link my excel and acess, so that a database is created.
second thing is i am having verious barcode data like for eg. for product X i have a particular barcode and for product Y another so my software create a new excel file whenever we change a product or a particular quantity of any product is filled. Now the question is if everytime i creat a new excel how do i creat a single database by linking all files using labview.
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I have 2 excel files in the same directory in Content Services. The "destination" file has a link in one of its cells to a cell in the "source" file. I want to be able to open the "destination" file and update the data if any changes have been made to the "source" file.
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* Look into const-correctness.
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Getting error message when i am trying to update the excel file using script task in ssis package

Hi Guys,
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Error at Update File [Update File]: Failed to compiled scripts contained in the package. Open the package in SSIS Designer and resolve the compilation errors.
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