How to Export or Import Data from Excel to Google Sheets
You can link Google Sheets with Microsoft Excel by creating a web query in Excel. But this is only one-way integration which means that the changes made to Google Sheets will automatically be updated in Excel but the changes made in Excel will not be updated in Google Sheets automatically. If you want to establish a two-way integration between Google Sheets and Microsoft Excel, go through the following instructions. Now, let’s see all these steps in detail. 1] Download Google Drive for Windows.
2] Double-click on the installer file to install Google Drive on your Windows computer. After successful installation of Google Drive, open it and sign in by entering your Google Account credentials. After signing into Google Drive for Windows, wait till it completes synchronization. After that, you will see that a hard drive named Google Drive has automatically been created in File Explorer. If Google Drive is not added to your File Explorer, you have to add it manually. 3] Now, double-click on Google Drive in File Explorer to open it. There, you will see a folder named My Drive. Double-click on it to open it.
4] Now, right-click in the empty space and go to “New > Microsoft Excel Worksheet.” If this option is not available, open Microsoft Excel on your computer, create a new worksheet, and save it in Google Drive on your computer.
5] Open the newly created Excel Worksheet, enter your data, and save it. After that, open Google Sheets. You will see that the Excel file you have created on your computer has automatically been added to the Google Sheets. The two-way integration between Google Sheets and Microsoft Excel has been established. From now, all the changes you make in Google Sheets will automatically be updated in Microsoft Excel and the changes that you make in Excel will automatically be updated in Google Sheets.
Can Google Sheets retrieve data from Excel?
Google Sheets can retrieve data from Excel. For this, you have to download and install Google Drive on your computer and then create an Excel file in Google Drive on your computer. After that, Google Sheets will start retrieving data from that Excel file.
How do I auto-pull data in Excel?
You can auto-pull data in Excel from Google Sheets either by creating a web query in Excel or by installing Google Drive on your computer. The former method is the one-way integration between Excel and Google Sheets, whereas the latter method is the two-way integration between Excel and Google Sheets. Hope this helps. Read next: How to edit a PDF in Google Docs on the web.
