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Hey, Scripting Guy! How Can I Copy Data from Excel to PowerPoint?

October 17, 2007 Oct 17, 2007 10/17/07
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(image) Hey, Scripting Guy! As part of a demonstration I do on a regular basis, I’d like to be able to open an Excel spreadsheet, copy all the information on Sheet 1, and then paste that data into a new PowerPoint slide. How can I do all that using a script?-- JG(image) (image) (image) Hey, JG. You know, the Hey, Scripting Guy! column is...

Hey, Scripting Guy! How Can I Retrieve Hyperlink Information From an Office Excel Spreadsheet?

October 11, 2007 Oct 11, 2007 10/11/07
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(image) Hey, Scripting Guy! I have an Office Excel document that includes a hyperlink linked to an email address. The text in the spreadsheet simply says Yes. How can I write a script that retrieves the underlying email address?-- AK(image) (image) (image) Hey, AK. You’ll have to forgive us for being a little distracted today. Today is ...

Hey, Scripting Guy! How Can I Insert Blank Rows (and Formulas) Into an Office Excel Worksheet?

October 9, 2007 Oct 9, 2007 10/9/07
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(image) Hey, Scripting Guy! I have some extremely large Office Excel worksheets, and I need to insert a blank row every 240 lines; in that new row I then need to insert a formula that calculates the average of the preceding 240 rows. As you might expect, this is extremely tedious, and I have a lot of these worksheets. How can I write a ...

How Can I Update and Then Break All the Links in an Excel Spreadsheet?

September 13, 2007 Sep 13, 2007 09/13/07
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(image) Hey, Scripting Guy! How can I open an Excel spreadsheet, update all the links to other Excel spreadsheets, and then break those links?-- YH(image) (image) (image) Hey, YH. Before we begin, we’d like to make an announcement: the Scripting Guy who writes this column gives up. To tell you the truth, that’s not something we ever ...

How Can I Open All the Excel Spreadsheets in a Folder and Run a Specified Macro Found in Each of Those Spreadsheets?

September 12, 2007 Sep 12, 2007 09/12/07
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(image) Hey, Scripting Guy! How can I loop through a folder, open all the Excel files in that folder, then run a specified macro in each of those Excel files?-- BR(image) (image) (image) Hey, BR. So, did you watch college football this past Saturday? In particular, did you watch as the Washington Huskies dismantled Boise State 24-10, ...