Excel: Mark selected ranges

When you import an Excel workbook, you can choose the ranges you want to import - in Excel.

Choose to mark the ranges in Excel. memoQ opens the workbook in Excel, and displays the memoQ: Mark selected ranges window. Through this window, you can add the ranges you mark to the list in memoQ.

How to get here

1. Start importing a legacy Excel workbook (an .xls or .xlt file).
2. In the Document import options window, select the Excel workbooks, and click Change filter and configuration.
3. The Document import settings window appears. From the Filter drop-down list, choose Microsoft Excel filter. The Microsoft Excel filter settings appear.
4. At the bottom, under Exclude or include ranges: Click Select ranges in Excel.

   The memoQ: Mark selected ranges window appears.

What can you do?

Select ranges in Excel, and add them to memoQ:

1. Select one or more ranges in an Excel worksheet. To select several ranges: Select the first range. Press and hold down Ctrl, then select the second range. Repeat this if necessary.
2. In the memoQ: Mark selected ranges window, click Add ranges.
3. Repeat this to add more ranges, from different worksheets if necessary.

When you finish

To return to memoQ and the Document import options window: Click Finish.

The ranges will be there in the Exclude or include ranges list.

No way to cancel: Once you click Add ranges, they will be added to the list. You can remove them afterwards in the Document import settings window.