[moonmonkey]

Any way to do it? the Windows version allows you to do this easily but I can't work out how to do it on the Mac, can Automator help?

[64stang06]

Originally Posted by moonmonkey 

Any way to do it? the Windows version allows you to do this easily but I can't work out how to do it on the Mac, can Automator help?

No idea, but I would like to know also. VMWare works for now, sadly.

[Cold Warrior]

A lot of times you can hold and drag your cursor across a web page, then copy it into Excel. Don't know if that helps in your case. If you have a particular page in mind, I'll give it a try with my Excel 08.

[moonmonkey]

What I want to do is pull stocks data (just one number) directly into excel from a webpage every evening after the markets close.

I managed to get automator to isolate the text string from the webpage and use the new excel actions to paste it into a predetermined cell, but its always the same cell! (and I would rather not use the clipboard).
No way I can see to assign a variable to the cell.



The Excel automator actions seem to be very rushed, what would be so hard about having a "Place data in next empty column or row" action.


In Summary:
I want an automator action or Applescript that can pull a string from a webpage and place it in the next available cell in a predefined column in a pre-created excel 2008 workbook.

Possible?