How do I display html code within a cell?

I am importing data to a cell. The data is actually html code. I would like
to display the data formatted. Right now I get all the ugly html codes, like
<b> Hello World</>.

Thanks - John

You need to use Insert>Function and then select Hyperlink from the Lookup &
Reference category.

Randall Arnold

"John-Raritan" wrote:

> I am importing data to a cell. The data is actually html code. I would like
> to display the data formatted. Right now I get all the ugly html codes, like
> <b> Hello World</>.
>
> Thanks - John

I think I did not explain myself clearly.

The cell contains text that has html coding in it to achieve rich
formatting. Think email where body is in html. Right now the cell looks
ugly, eg <b> Hello </b> is displayed instead of a bold Hello. I would very
much like to just see a bold Hello.

If I undestood your suggestion correctly, it is for making some text be a
hyperlink.

Thanks - John

"Randall Arnold" wrote:

> You need to use Insert>Function and then select Hyperlink from the Lookup &
> Reference category.
>
> Randall Arnold
>
> "John-Raritan" wrote:
>
> > I am importing data to a cell. The data is actually html code. I would like
> > to display the data formatted. Right now I get all the ugly html codes, like
> > <b> Hello World</>.
> >
> > Thanks - John

How much data are you talking about? Instead of using Import, could you use
copy/paste? If you can, simply Paste Special and click the HTML radio button.

"John-Raritan" wrote:

> I think I did not explain myself clearly.
>
> The cell contains text that has html coding in it to achieve rich
> formatting. Think email where body is in html. Right now the cell looks
> ugly, eg <b> Hello </b> is displayed instead of a bold Hello. I would very
> much like to just see a bold Hello.
>
> If I undestood your suggestion correctly, it is for making some text be a
> hyperlink.
>
> Thanks - John
>
> "Randall Arnold" wrote:
>
> > You need to use Insert>Function and then select Hyperlink from the Lookup &
> > Reference category.
> >
> > Randall Arnold
> >
> > "John-Raritan" wrote:
> >
> > > I am importing data to a cell. The data is actually html code. I would like
> > > to display the data formatted. Right now I get all the ugly html codes, like
> > > <b> Hello World</>.
> > >
> > > Thanks - John

Hi FinRazel,
I didn't know about that PasteSpecial as HTML and it works in Excel 2000.

Hi John-Raritan

But you have to have copied from HTML not from text like
<b>Hello World</b> <font color="red">I'm <b>ready</b> now.</font>

and I think you said he had a lot of them, if not problem is solved; otherwise,.

I can't see anything to copy text to the clipboard and have the clipboard
marked up as having HTML code instead of text so it can be
pasted back into the Excel cell..

This thread was as close as I came to something of possible interest.
http://groups.google.com/groups?thre...%40tkmsftngp02

and Chip Pearson's http://www.cpearson.com/excel/clipboar.htm
but it is only for copying formulas or text.

Somehow you have to get the HTML text into the Windows clipboard
as HTML.

Before getting carried away though keep in mind that a cell
can only have one link, and if it has a link you will see it all
as one link.

If it is just a matter of boldface then you could convert the strings
with something else that David Hager showed us - this is for
subscripts.
http://groups.google.com/group/micro...ca9546cafd5127
Gord Dibben had an example boldfacing and/or coloring characters within a cell Oct 2002
http://groups.google.com/groups?thre...aroe%404ax.com


Converting what you have to HTML with my macro might work for you:
One way would be to convert the worksheet to HTML see
http://www.mvps.org/dmcritchie/excel/xl2html.htm
which is a stupid macro and does not recognize most HTML code so it will be
simply transferred. Then copy and paste the generated HTML back to Excel.

You could convert just one column based on your selection then paste the
converted column back to your Excel sheet.

I have no idea if that would be an acceptable solution. But this is the way that
I create most of my tables for my Excel documentation. I just tested it with
your example and (just boldface tags) and it worked fine. Converting only one
column and then copying and pasting back from HTML (using Internet Explorer)
would get you around having to preserve any formulas in the other columns.

BTW, your subject is ambiguous it looks like it means the opposite of what you
are asking for, and I'd have a hard time rephrasing it myself. Perhaps
How to convert HTML formatting tags to format data within Excel
---
HTH,
David McRitchie, Microsoft MVP - Excel [site changed Nov. 2001]
My Excel Pages: http://www.mvps.org/dmcritchie/excel/excel.htm
Search Page: http://www.mvps.org/dmcritchie/excel/search.htm

"FinRazel" <[email protected]> wrote ...
> How much data are you talking about? Instead of using Import, could you use
> copy/paste? If you can, simply Paste Special and click the HTML radio button.
>
> > > "John-Raritan" wrote:
> > > > I am importing data to a cell. The data is actually html code. I would like
> > > > to display the data formatted. Right now I get all the ugly html codes, like
> > > > <b> Hello World</b>. .....
> > > >

Folks - thanks for the replys, I will check them out.

A little more detail on my problem so you can better relate. I am
populating a spreadsheet using ODBC to a sql server database. Some of the
fields being returned have html commands for formatting - nothing fancy, just
bold, underline, ect. So, ideally, I would like the text to show fully
formated. At the minimum, I would need to remove the html formating so the
text would be readable.

John

"David McRitchie" wrote:

> Hi FinRazel,
> I didn't know about that PasteSpecial as HTML and it works in Excel 2000.
>
> Hi John-Raritan
>
> But you have to have copied from HTML not from text like
> <b>Hello World</b> <font color="red">I'm <b>ready</b> now.</font>
>
> and I think you said he had a lot of them, if not problem is solved; otherwise,.
>
> I can't see anything to copy text to the clipboard and have the clipboard
> marked up as having HTML code instead of text so it can be
> pasted back into the Excel cell..
>
> This thread was as close as I came to something of possible interest.
> http://groups.google.com/groups?thre...%40tkmsftngp02
>
> and Chip Pearson's http://www.cpearson.com/excel/clipboar.htm
> but it is only for copying formulas or text.
>
> Somehow you have to get the HTML text into the Windows clipboard
> as HTML.
>
> Before getting carried away though keep in mind that a cell
> can only have one link, and if it has a link you will see it all
> as one link.
>
> If it is just a matter of boldface then you could convert the strings
> with something else that David Hager showed us - this is for
> subscripts.
> http://groups.google.com/group/micro...ca9546cafd5127
> Gord Dibben had an example boldfacing and/or coloring characters within a cell Oct 2002
> http://groups.google.com/groups?thre...aroe%404ax.com
>
>
> Converting what you have to HTML with my macro might work for you:
> One way would be to convert the worksheet to HTML see
> http://www.mvps.org/dmcritchie/excel/xl2html.htm
> which is a stupid macro and does not recognize most HTML code so it will be
> simply transferred. Then copy and paste the generated HTML back to Excel.
>
> You could convert just one column based on your selection then paste the
> converted column back to your Excel sheet.
>
> I have no idea if that would be an acceptable solution. But this is the way that
> I create most of my tables for my Excel documentation. I just tested it with
> your example and (just boldface tags) and it worked fine. Converting only one
> column and then copying and pasting back from HTML (using Internet Explorer)
> would get you around having to preserve any formulas in the other columns.
>
> BTW, your subject is ambiguous it looks like it means the opposite of what you
> are asking for, and I'd have a hard time rephrasing it myself. Perhaps
> How to convert HTML formatting tags to format data within Excel
> ---
> HTH,
> David McRitchie, Microsoft MVP - Excel [site changed Nov. 2001]
> My Excel Pages: http://www.mvps.org/dmcritchie/excel/excel.htm
> Search Page: http://www.mvps.org/dmcritchie/excel/search.htm
>
> "FinRazel" <[email protected]> wrote ...
> > How much data are you talking about? Instead of using Import, could you use
> > copy/paste? If you can, simply Paste Special and click the HTML radio button.
> >
> > > > "John-Raritan" wrote:
> > > > > I am importing data to a cell. The data is actually html code. I would like
> > > > > to display the data formatted. Right now I get all the ugly html codes, like
> > > > > <b> Hello World</b>. .....
> > > > >
>
>
>
>

John, In order to better understand your problem, (and because I don't
usually work with web data) I was using the 'Import External Data' command in
the 'Data' menu. To make an example, I imported data from the "MSN
MoneyCentral Investor Currency Rates.iqy" This data DID appear HTML
formatted on my initial import, so I tried to backward engineer the problem,
to see if I could turn the HTML formatting off. There are two ways I found
to do this. 1) In the 'External Data Range Properties' box, (Get here by
hitting the Properties button before importing) There is a checkbox withing
'Data Formatting and Layout' called 'Preserve Cell Formatting' This box
should NOT be checked, otherwise only the text in the cells will show up, not
the HTML formatting. 2) If you go to Data->Edit Query->Options (the far
right button on the toolbar of the 'Edit Web Query' box) "Full HTML
formatting" is the third radio button down. Unfortunately, Even though
managed to turn HTML formatting on and off, I never did get the actual HTML
tags to show up in the cells, therefore, I don't know if any of this will
help you.

Happy Hunting.

"John-Raritan" wrote:

> Folks - thanks for the replys, I will check them out.
>
> A little more detail on my problem so you can better relate. I am
> populating a spreadsheet using ODBC to a sql server database. Some of the
> fields being returned have html commands for formatting - nothing fancy, just
> bold, underline, ect. So, ideally, I would like the text to show fully
> formated. At the minimum, I would need to remove the html formating so the
> text would be readable.
>
> John
>
> "David McRitchie" wrote:
>
> > Hi FinRazel,
> > I didn't know about that PasteSpecial as HTML and it works in Excel 2000.
> >
> > Hi John-Raritan
> >
> > But you have to have copied from HTML not from text like
> > <b>Hello World</b> <font color="red">I'm <b>ready</b> now.</font>
> >
> > and I think you said he had a lot of them, if not problem is solved; otherwise,.
> >
> > I can't see anything to copy text to the clipboard and have the clipboard
> > marked up as having HTML code instead of text so it can be
> > pasted back into the Excel cell..
> >
> > This thread was as close as I came to something of possible interest.
> > http://groups.google.com/groups?thre...%40tkmsftngp02
> >
> > and Chip Pearson's http://www.cpearson.com/excel/clipboar.htm
> > but it is only for copying formulas or text.
> >
> > Somehow you have to get the HTML text into the Windows clipboard
> > as HTML.
> >
> > Before getting carried away though keep in mind that a cell
> > can only have one link, and if it has a link you will see it all
> > as one link.
> >
> > If it is just a matter of boldface then you could convert the strings
> > with something else that David Hager showed us - this is for
> > subscripts.
> > http://groups.google.com/group/micro...ca9546cafd5127
> > Gord Dibben had an example boldfacing and/or coloring characters within a cell Oct 2002
> > http://groups.google.com/groups?thre...aroe%404ax.com
> >
> >
> > Converting what you have to HTML with my macro might work for you:
> > One way would be to convert the worksheet to HTML see
> > http://www.mvps.org/dmcritchie/excel/xl2html.htm
> > which is a stupid macro and does not recognize most HTML code so it will be
> > simply transferred. Then copy and paste the generated HTML back to Excel.
> >
> > You could convert just one column based on your selection then paste the
> > converted column back to your Excel sheet.
> >
> > I have no idea if that would be an acceptable solution. But this is the way that
> > I create most of my tables for my Excel documentation. I just tested it with
> > your example and (just boldface tags) and it worked fine. Converting only one
> > column and then copying and pasting back from HTML (using Internet Explorer)
> > would get you around having to preserve any formulas in the other columns.
> >
> > BTW, your subject is ambiguous it looks like it means the opposite of what you
> > are asking for, and I'd have a hard time rephrasing it myself. Perhaps
> > How to convert HTML formatting tags to format data within Excel
> > ---
> > HTH,
> > David McRitchie, Microsoft MVP - Excel [site changed Nov. 2001]
> > My Excel Pages: http://www.mvps.org/dmcritchie/excel/excel.htm
> > Search Page: http://www.mvps.org/dmcritchie/excel/search.htm
> >
> > "FinRazel" <[email protected]> wrote ...
> > > How much data are you talking about? Instead of using Import, could you use
> > > copy/paste? If you can, simply Paste Special and click the HTML radio button.
> > >
> > > > > "John-Raritan" wrote:
> > > > > > I am importing data to a cell. The data is actually html code. I would like
> > > > > > to display the data formatted. Right now I get all the ugly html codes, like
> > > > > > <b> Hello World</b>. .....
> > > > > >
> >
> >
> >
> >

Even I have to paste same html string with tags converted and text exported to XL.
Any solution on this issue?