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<bookmark_value>ranges; inserting in tables</bookmark_value>
<bookmark_value>external data; inserting</bookmark_value>
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<bookmark_value>web pages; importing data</bookmark_value>
<bookmark_value>WebQuery filter</bookmark_value>
<bookmark_value>inserting; external data</bookmark_value>
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<paragraph role="paragraph" id="par_id3155131" xml-lang="en-US">With the help of the <emph>Web Page Query ($[officename] Calc)</emph> import filter, you can insert tables from HTML documents in a Calc spreadsheet.</paragraph>
<paragraph role="paragraph" id="par_id3148575" xml-lang="en-US">You can use the same method to insert ranges defined by name from a Calc or Microsoft Excel spreadsheet.</paragraph>
<paragraph role="paragraph" id="par_id3149664" xml-lang="en-US">The following insert methods are available:</paragraph>
<paragraph role="heading" id="hd_id3146976" xml-lang="en-US" level="2">Inserting by Dialog</paragraph>
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<paragraph role="listitem" id="par_id3154319" xml-lang="en-US">Set the cell cursor at the cell where the new content will be inserted.</paragraph>
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<paragraph role="listitem" id="par_id3145750" xml-lang="en-US">Choose <emph>Sheet - Link to External Data</emph>. This opens the <link href="text/scalc/01/04090000.xhp">External Data</link> dialog.</paragraph>
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<paragraph role="listitem" id="par_id3149958" xml-lang="en-US">Enter the URL of the HTML document or the name of the spreadsheet. Press Enter when finished. Click the <emph>Browse</emph> button to open a file selection dialog.<comment>only after Enter the URL will be requested from the net.</comment></paragraph>
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<paragraph role="listitem" id="par_id3149400" xml-lang="en-US">In the large list box of the dialog, select the named ranges or tables you want to insert.</paragraph>
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<paragraph role="listitem" id="par_id3155064" xml-lang="en-US">You can also specify that the ranges or tables are updated every n seconds.</paragraph>
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<paragraph role="paragraph" id="par_id3155443" xml-lang="en-US">The import filter can create names for cell ranges on the fly. As much formatting as possible is retained, while the filter intentionally does not load any images.</paragraph>
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<paragraph role="paragraph" id="par_id3153965" xml-lang="en-US">Open two documents: the $[officename] Calc spreadsheet in which the external data is to be inserted (target document) and the document from which the external data derives (source document).</paragraph>
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<paragraph role="paragraph" id="par_id3150205" xml-lang="en-US">In the target document open the Navigator.</paragraph>
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<paragraph role="paragraph" id="par_id3152990" xml-lang="en-US">In the lower combo box of the Navigator select the source document. The Navigator now shows the range names and database ranges or the tables contained in the source document.</paragraph>
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<paragraph role="paragraph" id="par_id3148842" xml-lang="en-US">In the Navigator select the <emph>Insert as link</emph> drag mode 
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<paragraph role="paragraph" id="par_id3157978" xml-lang="en-US">Drag the desired external data from the Navigator into the target document.</paragraph>
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<paragraph role="paragraph" id="par_id3144768" xml-lang="en-US">If you have loaded an HTML document with the <emph>Web Page Query</emph> filter as the source document, you will find the tables in the Navigator, named continuously from "HTML_table1" onwards, and also two range names that have been created:</paragraph>
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<item type="literal">HTML_tables</item> - designates all HTML tables in the document</paragraph>
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<paragraph role="heading" id="hd_id3149126" xml-lang="en-US" level="2">Editing the external data</paragraph>
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<paragraph role="listitem" id="par_id3159228" xml-lang="en-US">Open <emph>Edit - Links</emph>. Here you can edit the link to the external data.</paragraph>
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