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34 <helpdocument version=
"1.0">
36 <topic id=
"textscalc0104090000xml" indexer=
"include" status=
"PUBLISH">
37 <title id=
"tit" xml-lang=
"en-US">Link to External Data
</title>
38 <filename>/text/scalc/
01/
04090000.xhp
</filename>
41 <created date=
"2003-10-31T00:00:00">Sun Microsystems, Inc.
</created>
42 <lastedited date=
"2004-12-17T13:51:02">UFI: changed name of menu (sc-features Calc: New menu entry
"Sheet from File" in Insert menu)
43 dedr: reviewed
</lastedited>
47 <section id=
"extdata">
48 <paragraph role=
"paragraph" id=
"par_id3153361" xml-lang=
"en-US" l10n=
"E" oldref=
"1" localize=
"false"/>
49 <bookmark xml-lang=
"en-US" branch=
"hid/SC_PUSHBUTTON_RID_SCDLG_LINKAREA_BTN_BROWSE" id=
"bm_id3151041" localize=
"false"/>
50 <paragraph role=
"paragraph" id=
"par_id3153192" xml-lang=
"en-US" l10n=
"U" oldref=
"2"><ahelp hid=
"SC_PUSHBUTTON_RID_SCDLG_LINKAREA_BTN_BROWSE" visibility=
"hidden">Locate the file containing the data you want to insert.
</ahelp></paragraph>
51 <bookmark xml-lang=
"en-US" branch=
"hid/SID_EXTERNAL_SOURCE" id=
"bm_id3748965" localize=
"false"/><!-- HID added by script -->
52 <bookmark xml-lang=
"en-US" branch=
"hid/.uno:InsertExternalDataSource" id=
"bm_id3150441" localize=
"false"/>
53 <paragraph role=
"heading" id=
"hd_id3145785" xml-lang=
"en-US" level=
"1" l10n=
"CHG" oldref=
"3"><link href=
"text/scalc/01/04090000.xhp" name=
"External Data">Link to External Data
</link></paragraph>
54 <paragraph role=
"paragraph" id=
"par_id3149262" xml-lang=
"en-US" l10n=
"U" oldref=
"4"><ahelp hid=
".uno:InsertExternalDataSourc">Inserts data from an HTML, Calc, or Excel file into the current sheet as a link. The data must be located within a named range.
</ahelp></paragraph>
56 <paragraph role=
"paragraph" id=
"par_id3146120" xml-lang=
"en-US" l10n=
"U" oldref=
"11">To import data from a
<link href=
"text/scalc/guide/csv_formula.xhp" name=
"*.csv or *.txt">*.csv or *.txt
</link> file, choose
<emph>File - Open
</emph> and then select the
<emph>Files of type
</emph>"Text CSV".
</paragraph>
57 <section id=
"howtoget">
58 <embed href=
"text/scalc/00/00000404.xhp#eiextdata"/>
60 <embed href=
"text/scalc/guide/webquery.xhp#webquery"/>
61 <bookmark xml-lang=
"en-US" branch=
"hid/HID_SCDLG_LINKAREAURL" id=
"bm_id3148577" localize=
"false"/>
62 <paragraph role=
"heading" id=
"hd_id3146984" xml-lang=
"en-US" level=
"2" l10n=
"U" oldref=
"5">URL of external data source.
</paragraph>
63 <paragraph role=
"paragraph" id=
"par_id3145366" xml-lang=
"en-US" l10n=
"U" oldref=
"6"><ahelp hid=
"HID_SCDLG_LINKAREAURL">Enter the URL or the file name that contains the data that you want to insert, and then press
<item type=
"keycode">Enter
</item>.
</ahelp><comment>only after Enter the URL will be requested from the net.
</comment></paragraph>
64 <bookmark xml-lang=
"en-US" branch=
"hid/SC_MULTILISTBOX_RID_SCDLG_LINKAREA_LB_RANGES" id=
"bm_id3153876" localize=
"false"/>
65 <paragraph role=
"heading" id=
"hd_id3145251" xml-lang=
"en-US" level=
"2" l10n=
"U" oldref=
"7">Available tables/ranges
</paragraph>
66 <paragraph role=
"paragraph" id=
"par_id3147397" xml-lang=
"en-US" l10n=
"U" oldref=
"8"><ahelp hid=
"SC_MULTILISTBOX_RID_SCDLG_LINKAREA_LB_RANGES">Select the table or the data range that you want to insert.
</ahelp></paragraph>
67 <bookmark xml-lang=
"en-US" branch=
"hid/SC_CHECKBOX_RID_SCDLG_LINKAREA_BTN_RELOAD" id=
"bm_id3153418" localize=
"false"/>
68 <bookmark xml-lang=
"en-US" branch=
"hid/SC_NUMERICFIELD_RID_SCDLG_LINKAREA_NF_DELAY" id=
"bm_id3150718" localize=
"false"/>
69 <paragraph role=
"heading" id=
"hd_id3154492" xml-lang=
"en-US" level=
"2" l10n=
"U" oldref=
"9">Update every
</paragraph>
70 <paragraph role=
"paragraph" id=
"par_id3154017" xml-lang=
"en-US" l10n=
"U" oldref=
"10"><ahelp hid=
"SC_NUMERICFIELD_RID_SCDLG_LINKAREA_NF_DELAY">Enter the number of seconds to wait before the external data are reloaded into the current document.
</ahelp></paragraph>