Cannot edit or import external data files in Excel

Hello

I use a monthly report in Excel that works fine in Windows but not Mac. It is a binary XLSB file that pulls in the 4 files external .txt from various places on the web to load the most recent data in the report. If I open the file in Windows, it asks if I want to allow data and when I click Yes, it downloads data from each txt file, does some calculations and is all ready. In the Mac it is said that it cannot find the files.

So my first thought was to go to data > Connections and check the properties, mainly the url that it uses to pull in each file. However, in Excel for Mac (Office 365) 16 properties button is grayed out. This means also I can "save under" when comes a new month and change the URL to match the new month either. You can bring up a properties box, but it is very limited, with no option to change the url.

I also tried in Excel 11, same problem. I do not want to Boot Camp and have to load Windows (and use up to 20 GB) just for a single file, but I need to use it. Any ideas?

Richard

Rekrmend wrote:

Hello

I use a monthly report in Excel that works fine in Windows but not Mac.

Then you should post your question on the forums Microsoft Mac because it is their software, you are having problems with, and that's where the office gurus hang out.

http://answers.Microsoft.com/en-us/Mac

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