Pull website data in Excel

Posted on:  02/09/2018 Pull website data in Excel

If you see data on a webpage and need to pull it into Microsoft Excel, don’t copy/paste. Excel 2016 has a feature called Get Data / From Other Sources / From Web.

In the example below I’m pulling population data for the 50 states from Wikipedia into Excel. If you were to select the data and copy and paste you frequently get images and bad data in Excel. The specific page I used is located here.

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Chris Menard

Chris Menard is a Microsoft Certified Trainer (MCT) and Microsoft Most Valuable Professional (MVP). Chris works as a Senior Trainer at BakerHostetler - one of the largest law firms in the US. Chris runs a YouTube channel featuring over 900 technology videos that cover various apps, including Excel, Word, PowerPoint, Zoom, Teams, Coilot, and Outlook. To date, the channel has had over 25 million views. Menard also participates in 2 to 3 public speaking events annually, presenting at the Administrative Professional Conference (APC), the EA Ignite Conference, the University of Georgia, and CPA conferences. You can connect with him on LinkedIn at https://chrismenardtraining.com/linkedin or watch his videos on YouTube at https://chrismenardtraining.com/youtube.

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