So last week I was working on creating some macros to build randomized bingo cards with pictures. I have succeeded in this goal but now I'm trying to take randomized columns of those pictures (the numbers/pictures selected) and import them in the order they were randomized into PowerPoint in separate slides to be able to show the picture selected for each pick.
Does anyone have any ways to achieve this goal? I know I can import the pictures as a photo album from the folder they are in on the desktop but that requires you to reorganize them on the import or within PowerPoint.
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I am working on a project where I need to import several large excel Worksheets into a Sharepoint 2016 Custom List. The custom list already exists, but I cannot find a way to import these lists. There are approximately 11500 rows in the worksheets.
Is there a way to import these to existing lists?
In general:
If the columns are of the same type, and in the same order, you can display the list in the QuickEdit/DataSheet view and copy and paste from Excel to the list. You may want to create a new View to match the column layout in your Excel file.
This needs to be done in small batches, and it will take a long time. (A recent test using SP Online and FireFox with 4000 items took 40 minutes to paste the the grid, and then after clicking to exit the QuickEdit view, almost an hour to complete the update to the list. Also, there is no visual indication that this update is occurring. I open a second browser to monitor the number of items in the list.)
You may be better off writing a PowerShell script. Export the data to a CSV file and let PowerShell run in the background to process each row.
I created a customized Google MyMap by importing an Excel sheet with addresses and creating unique pins for each location. This spreadsheet has the addresses with other data sorted by non-geographic criteria. I want to create a new column in the spreadsheet with hyperlinks that would take the user to the specific marker for a given address selected in Google MyMap with the remaining markers still present in the background. The idea is that the user could easily maneuver between the spreadsheet, which is organized in a valuable way, to the customized Google Map, which would give an intuitive visualization of close neighbors. Is this possible? After extensive research, I only find ways to create hyperlinks that would bring up the marker in question but not all of the other customized pins in the background as well.
Assuming you are trying to do the same as i was, seems that clicking on the point on My Map, then copying the url and pasting was all i needed - not sure how i missed that the first couple of times but it does work.
I have the following problem! I am working in a restaurant, and I am in charge to prepare food labels for our buffet on a daily basis. I do know my way around excel. But still it gives me a headache to maintain hundreds of labels. The main problem is that they all have to contain a small picture, as a header, if I simply copy paste it through the cells, it starts to add up on each other and the sheet becomes slow and unresponsive. Is there a way or a macro to manage all these small pictures per cell?
for the longest of times I've been trying to achieve this to no avail. It seems like it should be a common problem but still I haven't been able find an answer. What I want to do is:
Have a chart in Excel and/or Powerpoint.
Copy this chart as a chart object into PPT.
Keep all characteristics of the original chart but maintain it editable (i.e. - add/remove axes, data labels etc)
Break the link to the original chart/workbook but keep the data editable. I.e., I want a new excel sheet opened when I want to edit the data, just like it works if I create a new chart object.
Preferably, I would like to convert the data of the original to this new chart sheet but this is not of really high importance.
Basically, I want to be able to use graphs as templates for a new graph without editing the original data. Please help!
PS. I didn't include any code as most of the code I've tried has tried to achieve something else. I mostly want to know if this is even possible to do (it should be!)?
Like many, I have spreadsheet that draws data from over 40 text files as data sources. The text files are from another app, and need to be periodically updated into Excel.
The set of data source files and spreadsheet need to be able to be duplicated and run on different systems. This is where the astonishing inability of Excel to support data import from the spreadsheet folder (or relative paths at all) becomes a big problem. This question mentions the issue but has no solution.
I developed a crude workaround for this (IMHO) fundamental flaw in Excel. Map your spreadsheet folder to a drive letter with SUBST. Then import the data from the SUBST drive letter. That drive letter and path will become part of the spreadsheet, buried deep in dialogs, and very inconvenient to update. So instead, whenever you copy or move the spreadsheet, re-create the SUBST to the current folder. Ugly, but effective.
New Question: Using this technique, when I open the spreadsheet and click Refresh to refresh from the data sources, I have to click "Import" on over 40 dialogs - one for each file. How can I automate that process?
I discovered that under a data range properties, there is a setting for "Prompt for file name on refresh". By unchecking that, it is no longer necessary to click import for every linked file. The properties for each linked data source must be adjusted individually. There doesn't seem to be any ability to multi-select data sources.