Excel 2000 Step By Step. What URL to use in Lesson 8?

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dougcsdp - 03 Mar 2008 04:58 GMT

p 151 tells us to enter a url for importing data from web. But which URL?
I'm connected to web and have installed cd to my pc.
I found the correct errata in mspress for this book but it doesn't list the
missing url as an error.
thanks

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Billy Liddel - 03 Mar 2008 23:51 GMT

I suspect that as the data was for xl2000 that the url is no longer available.

> p 151 tells us to enter a url for importing data from web. But which URL?
> I'm connected to web and have installed cd to my pc.
> I found the correct errata in mspress for this book but it doesn't list the
> missing url as an error.
> thanks

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Gord Dibben - 04 Mar 2008 00:28 GMT

I am guessing that you are learning how to do a Web Query.

Any URL that you know has some importable data will do.

Try this one to import some financial numbers.

http://shaw.stockgroup.com/markets.asp?c=ca

Or this for some Hockey stats

http://start.shaw.ca/Start/enCA/Sports/

Gord Dibben MS Excel MVP

>I suspect that as the data was for xl2000 that the url is no longer available.
>
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>> missing url as an error.
>> thanks

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JP - 04 Mar 2008 01:36 GMT

Yes Gord, I have this book and it tells you how to create a web query,
but doesn't specify a website. You would just pick any one.

--JP

> I am guessing that you are learning how to do a Web Query.
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> Gord Dibben MS Excel MVP

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Gord Dibben - 04 Mar 2008 05:07 GMT

Good guess on my part<g>

Gord

>Yes Gord, I have this book and it tells you how to create a web query,
>but doesn't specify a website. You would just pick any one.
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>> Gord Dibben MS Excel MVP

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