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This week in Docs: Import/export and paste special improvements
Thursday, September 22, 2011
Yesterday, we announced the
vertical merge
feature in Google spreadsheets, and today we’re happy to share two new features that we hope will make analyzing data a little more efficient.
More import and export support in Google spreadsheets
Now you can convert most
pivot tables
between Microsoft Excel files and Google spreadsheets for powerful data analysis in whatever file format you prefer. Additionally, filters that help you better visualize and organize your data are now supported in our import and export conversion tools.
To import a pivot table you created in Microsoft Excel, click the
File
menu in Google spreadsheets, and select
import
, then select the file from the import options, and click the
import
button. If you’ve created a pivot table in Google spreadsheets, go to
File
in the spreadsheet, then click
Download As
, and choose
Excel
.
More paste special options in Google spreadsheets
Sometimes you need to copy data in cells that have lots of formatting and formulas, but you don’t always want to paste everything in the cell. For instance, you may want to copy and paste the data in a range of cells, but not the borders that you placed around the cells.
We’ve added four new
paste special
options including: paste all cell contents except borders, formulas only, data validation only, or conditional formatting only. You can find these new options in a list under
“Paste Special”
in the
Edit
menu of Google spreadsheets.
We hope these latest features make working with Google spreadsheets more efficient and productive. As always, let us know what you think in the
forum
or in the comments.
Posted by: Dan Gundrum, Product Manager
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