Hi
*I’ve been on the m$ office treadmill for 15 + years
*Recently stumbled on Linux and libre office …
*Used it for a few days … Truly it’s a great piece of software and dispelled most of my doubts on Linux, using Linux, libre office etc
Question
*I’ve been using M$ XL’s add on for grabbing web data , called smf add in
*When activated, once could easily grab specific pages, specific cells of web pages directly into xl ( without opening a web browser) or without copying pasting data and fighting all the HTML on a calc screen
*This is a great time saver
*The only and only / excellent group for using smf add in can be found at http://finance.groups.yahoo.com/group/smf_addin/
*Some basic write up on using smf add in can be found here http://seekingalpha.com/instablog/326478-derek-a-barrett/1414481-automating-alpha-getting-started-with-stock-market-functions-smf-add-in-for-excel
Now, my question is , is there a similar add in for libre office, when invoked , could help the user get specific cells ( not the whole web page ) from a URL into libre xl / libre office calc sheets ? Of course the user supplies the URL
Or is there some app in Linux that can do the same ?
How do people grab specific web data ( not entire pages ) but specific data for web pages into libre calc ?
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Thanks in advance
Regards