Instructions for Downloading Excel Workbooks
Most internet browsers can be easily trained to recognize
the file type for most documents you can download from the
Web and launch the appropriate viewing application. When
you download and Excel file, for example, the browser checks
to see if it knows what the appropriate "helper application"
is for that file type (xls). To download and use these Excel
workbooks simply follow these instructions.
Netscape Navigator Instructions
Click on the link to the desired Excel workbook (e.g.,
SD.xls). If your internet
browser is not yet "trained" to recognize .xls
files, a dialogue box, similar to the one from Netscape
Navigator shown below, will appear asking you what to do.
If you want to configure Navigator to save the file and
launch Excel (this only has to be done once) read Opening
below. If you want Navigator to save the file but not create
a helper application for Excel, read Saving below.
(If you are using Internet Explorer as your browser, see
the instructions below.)
Opening the workbook automatically
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If you want to configure your browser to save the file
and launch the Excel application, you must know where
the application file Excel (of Excel.exe
for Win95 computers) is located on your computer. In
Netscape Naviagtor, select the button labeled Pick
app. This will open the "Configure External
Viewer" dialogue box.
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Click the Browse button and locate the Excel
(or Excel.exe) application on your hard drive. You must
be using Excel version 5.0 or higher (for Mac OS or
Windows 95).
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When the Excel application file is located, click once
on the application name, then click the Okay
button. This will return you to the "Configure
External Viewer" dialogue box.
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Click the Okay button in the "Configure
External Viewer" dialogue box.
Your browser will now download a copy of the Excel workbook,
save it on your hard drive, and open the file in Excel.
Navigator has now configured a "helper application"
for any Excel file. So the next time you download an Excel
workbook, Navigator should automatically save it and launch
Excel.
[Note: If Excel does not automatically open the file after
it is downloaded, you must open it manually. To do so, choose
File/Open... and locate the file on your hard drive
-- you will probably have to set the "Files of type"
to "All Files".]
Saving the workbook to disk
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If you want to save the Excel file (and not train Navigator
to recognize files of this type (xls)), then click the
Save file button. This will open the "Save
as..." dialogue box.
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Using the "Save as..." dialogue box, you
can now save the file to any location on your hard drive
or to a floppy disk.
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Once the file is saved, you may open it by choosing
File/Open... from within the Excel application.
Or you may launch Excel and open the file at the same
time by double-clicking the file icon in whatever location
you have saved the file.
Although most of the workbooks are protected, any changes
you do make will be saved to your hard dirve. If the workbook
somehow gets damaged beyond repair, simply download another
copy from this Web site.
Internet Explorer Instructions
Downloading an Excel workbook with Internet Explorer 4.x
or higher requires no special browser reconfiguration. Internet
Explorer provides two options, Opening and Saving
to disk.
Opening the workbook automatically
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Click on the link to the desired Excel workbook (e.g.,
Supply and Demand).
This will bring up the File Download dialogue
box.
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In the File Download dialogue box, choose the
Open this file from the current location button
(click OK if you do not wish to save it to the
hard drive at this time). This will open the workbook
in Excel. The Excel file can be saved at any time by
using the File/Save as... command, just as any
other document.
Saving the workbook to disk
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Click on the link to the desired Excel workbook. This
will bring up the File Download dialogue box.
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In the File Download dialogue box, choose the
Save this file to disk button and then click
OK. A Save as... dialogue box will appear,
allowing you to download the file to the location of
your choice. [Note: The default Save as... location
is the last location where a file of any type was recently
saved.]
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Once the file is saved, you may open the workbook by
double-clicking the file icon in whatever location you
have saved the file.
If you have any trouble downloading or running these
Excel files, or have some comments about how they work,
or have some suggestions on how they could be improved,
please send me a message.
I'll do my best to get back to you right away!
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