I work in a government office. Our computers are imaged to provide
certain software and none other for office use. The task described in
the Subject caption above is found within blogs.howtogeek.com/
mysticgeek/ ... and the instructions start with "Open Excel 2007 and
under the Data tab select Get External Data and From Web."

Problem: our image of Excel 2007 doesn't have these selections under
the Data tab. What we have is

Excel
Data
Connections
Properties
Edit Links

Presumably there is an alternate way of accomplishing my task. Can
someone clue me? Thanks.

David Ames

The Data tab is separated into 5 groups in Excel 2007...
"Connections" is the second group, while "Get External Data" is the leftmost or first group.
That first group has a "From Web" icon.
--
Jim Cone
Portland, Oregon USA
http://www.contextures.com/excel-sort-addin.html
editorial review of Special Sort add-in (30 ways to sort)




"David Ames" <(E-Mail Removed)>
wrote in message
news:94eb2ac6-b27e-4a4e-9ffb-(E-Mail Removed)...
>I work in a government office. Our computers are imaged to provide
> certain software and none other for office use. The task described in
> the Subject caption above is found within blogs.howtogeek.com/
> mysticgeek/ ... and the instructions start with "Open Excel 2007 and
> under the Data tab select Get External Data and From Web."
>
> Problem: our image of Excel 2007 doesn't have these selections under
> the Data tab. What we have is
>
> Excel
> Data
> Connections
> Properties
> Edit Links
>
> Presumably there is an alternate way of accomplishing my task. Can
> someone clue me? Thanks.
>
> David Ames

On Mar 18, 1:00*am, "Jim Cone" <james.cone...@comcast.netXxx> wrote:
> The Data tab is separated into 5 groups in Excel 2007...
> "Connections" is the second group, while "Get External Data" is the leftmost or first group.
> That first group has a "From Web" icon.
> --
> Jim Cone
> Portland, Oregon USAhttp://www.contextures.com/excel-sort-addin.html
> editorial review of Special Sort add-in (30 ways to sort)
>
> "David Ames" <ames0...@gmail.com>
> wrote in messagenews:94eb2ac6-b27e-4a4e-9ffb-(E-Mail Removed)...
>
>
>
> >I work in a government office. *Our computers are imaged to provide
> > certain software and none other for office use. *The task described in
> > the Subject caption above is found within blogs.howtogeek.com/
> > mysticgeek/ ... and the instructions start with "Open Excel 2007 and
> > under the Data tab select Get External Data and From Web."
>
> > Problem: our image of Excel 2007 doesn't have these selections under
> > the Data tab. *What we have is
>
> > Excel
> > * Data
> > * * *Connections
> > * * *Properties
> > * * *Edit Links
>
> > Presumably there is an alternate way of accomplishing my task. *Can
> > someone clue me? *Thanks.
>
> > David Ames- Hide quoted text -
>
> - Show quoted text -

Thanks for the tip. I was reading the drop-down menu, not realizing
that I had a horizontal line to read. I would havde responded sooner
but I was interupted by a different, time-consuming task.

David Ames

Re: "Thanks for the tip."
You are welcome.

Re: "I would have responded sooner..."
I will remove your name from my "nobody is there list".

There are ways to make using the ribbon easier.
--
Jim Cone
Portland, Oregon USA .
http://www.mediafire.com/PrimitiveSoftware .
(Extras for Excel add-in: convenience built-in)





"David Ames" <(E-Mail Removed)>
wrote in message
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> Thanks for the tip. I was reading the drop-down menu, not realizing
> that I had a horizontal line to read. I would havde responded sooner
> but I was interupted by a different, time-consuming task.
> David Ames



> On Mar 18, 1:00 am, "Jim Cone"
<james.cone...@comcast.netXxx> wrote:
> The Data tab is separated into 5 groups in Excel 2007...
> "Connections" is the second group, while "Get External Data" is the leftmost or first group.
> That first group has a "From Web" icon.
> --
> Jim Cone
> Portland, Oregon USA
> http://www.contextures.com/excel-sort-addin.html
> editorial review of Special Sort add-in (30 ways to sort)



> "David Ames" <ames0...@gmail.com>
> wrote in message
> news:94eb2ac6-b27e-4a4e-9ffb-(E-Mail Removed)...
>
> >I work in a government office. Our computers are imaged to provide
> > certain software and none other for office use. The task described in
> > the Subject caption above is found within blogs.howtogeek.com/
> > mysticgeek/ ... and the instructions start with "Open Excel 2007 and
> > under the Data tab select Get External Data and From Web."
> > Problem: our image of Excel 2007 doesn't have these selections under
> > the Data tab. What we have is
> > Excel
> > Data
> > Connections
> > Properties
> > Edit Links
> > Presumably there is an alternate way of accomplishing my task. Can
> > someone clue me? Thanks.
> > David Ames

In article <inkpd0$1h1$(E-Mail Removed)>, "Jim Cone" <(E-Mail Removed)> wrote:
>Re: "Thanks for the tip."
>You are welcome.
>
>Re: "I would have responded sooner..."
>I will remove your name from my "nobody is there list".
>
>There are ways to make using the ribbon easier.

Indeed. Minimise it and add all the things you actually use and need to your
quick bar.

I wouldn't mind "the ribbon" quite so much if I could move it to the side of
my docs, but all that waste space where my words etc could be really annoys
me (modern screens have extra width but pretty much the same height).

<sigh>