Bob:
Well, I tried the query route. The software I bought from Actual Tech to
sup****t the query had more complex, unfathomable and less logical
instructions than what I have received from MS on this website or Excel
manuals. I futilely fought their download and implementation instructions
for 3 days and then complained about all the geek-speak in an e-mail and
they agreed, apologized and refunded my purchase payment to my CC. They
then referred me back to you.
So I'm back to square one.
There are numerous people with my same problem on the Mactopia site.
They want just the current stock price. So do I. I refer to your 3/30/2008
answer to Peter there as an example. If MS can send back the plethora of
superfluous data they do on a query when all we wanted was the current
price, then why in the world can't they just send back the current price?
It make no sense to me. Please tell me why.
Your answer on redesigning the sheet slightly was equally confusing to me,
since I do not have your knowledge or computer skills nor do I understand
the nuances of hidden sheets and linking to them. What do I redesign in my
sheet? And is there some detailed written explanation of the procedures you
describe somewhere?
I bought your newest 2008 Excel just as I have purchased every prior and
subsequent version of it since 95. I have been a loyal MS customer with
each Office upgrade. I do not understand why my significant work in
preparing these 30 stock spreadsheets to my satisfaction has been relegated
to the trash can because of some unknown problem the company does not
choose to address. It just doesn't seem like nuclear physics to provide the
option to split out and return the quote to a cell by itself instead of
sending all the extra unwanted data on volume, dividends, etc., etc., etc.
Please reply.
Walt
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