Publishing Excel Data in Web Pages

Like Word and PowerPoint, Excel allows you to save files in HTML format so that you or anyone else can view them in a Web browser. You can save a simple range of data, a chart, a worksheet, or an entire workbook in HTML format; when opened in a Web browser, the resulting file will closely resemble the worksheet as seen in an Excel window. Some differences in formatting and appearance are inevitable because of the way that browsers display HTML code.

→ For an overview of some of the compatibility issues you'll face with different browsers, see"Browser-Compatibility Issues".

When saving a workbook as a Web page, you must deal with the following noteworthy restrictions:

  • HTML pages represent a static snapshot of ...

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