1. How to Synchronize Excel with
SharePoint Online (Office 365)
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2. How to Synchronize Excel with
SharePoint Online
• Step 1 : Download
Excel Add-in
• Microsoft provide an
excel add-in to
accomplish the goal of
synchronizing excel
table data with
SharePoint online or
Office 365. This add-in
can be downloaded
from here
Save excel Add-in to your
local file system. Default file
name will be
"XL2007SynchronizeWSSandE
xcel.exe" while saving the
add-in file.
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3. • Save excel Add-in to
your local file system.
Default file name will be
"XL2007SynchronizeWS
SandExcel.exe" while
saving the add-in file.
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4. Step 2: Extract Excel Add-
in File
Double click on
“XL2007SynchronizeWSSandExcel.exe”
file. It will ask you to run the exe file
for security reasons, ignore it and click
on run.
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5. As soon as you click on Run a new
confirmation will be prompted as
below screen. Click on the “Yes”
button.
Click “Yes” again to accept the license
agreement.
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6. As soon as you accept the license
agreement it prompt you to unzip
add-in file. Choose a location to
extract add-in file will be open. I am
choosing same location where my
“XL2007SynchronizeWSSandExcel.exe
” is lying.
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7. Step 3: Include Extracted
Excel Add-in to Excel
Package
Open excel from programs menu. In
the excel go to file tab and choose
options. Go to Add-in category.
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8. • Click on “Go…” button
• Click on browse button to locate
extracted excel add-in file.
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10. Step 4: Publish and
Synchronize Excel Data to
SharePoint Site
Now make some entries in the excel
sheet. I am taking example of products
details.
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11. You will see that design tab is highlighted automatically
and see a new command in ribbon called “Publish and
allow sync”.
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12. Click on “Publish and allow sync” command. A popup will open to ask
SharePoint online URL, the list name which will be created, and list description.
Provide the SharePoint Online URL and list name and description information
and click publish. Will take few seconds to publish.
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13. Step 5: Verify SharePoint Online Site
with Published Data and Data is being
synchronized
Now go to your SharePoint online site
click on Site Contents. You will see that
a new list is created called “Product
Details”. Click on this list and add a
new item.
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15. Go to excel file. Go to table and right click . select the
Design tab. Click on “Synchronize with SharePoint”
Will take few moments to synchronize excel for
new entry added in SharePoint online.
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16. So that's all to synchronize excel data with SharePoint
online or Office 365. Thank you!
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