Pasting from excel

[Naz]

Hi

I have summary sheets set-out like the one below in excel, one tab per area
we monitor, about 10 areas

Costcentre Budget Spend Proj
A1 1000 100 1200
A2 2000 200 2400
Sub total 3000 300 3600

A3 1000 100 1200
A4 3000 300 3600
A5 1000 100 1200
Sub total 5000 500 6000
TOTAL 8000 800 9600


Every month i create a report where i use Paste Special>Bitmap and paste
them in, which is OK. But if i make a chnage to the spreadsheet i have to
repaste the sheet. I've tried linking but the problem with that is when i
archive the report and then open it a month later it picks up current
information.
Is there anyway around? I've heard people mention using mail merge and MS
access but not sure what thats about.


All help is appreciated.

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Naz,
London

PS posted on Excel group in case anyone there has any ideas.

 

[CyberTaz]

I'd try going with the Linking, but when it comes time to do the archived
copy go to Edit>Links, select all the links & click the Break Link button.
In there you can also set the link to be updated Manual rather than
Automatic.

Alternatively, you could use the Tools>Options>General & remove the check
for Update Automatic Links on Open, but that's a bit risky IMO.

 

[CyberTaz]

P.S.

I neglected to mention that the file asks whether or not to update the link
when you open it if the updating is set to Automatic, but not if set to
Manual.

Most importantly the updating *is* an undoable action, so even if the
archive updates you aren't "stuck" with the wrong info You can also close
the file without saving changes to preserve the content prior to the update.

Another thought as well - Output the archive as a PDF.