The list view in the Excel data manager
Here you can find information on all Excel objects linked to the document. By double-clicking on an object in the window, you navigate to the relevant object and select it. You must close the Excel data manager before you can continue working in the Word document. To edit multiple objects at once, select these by holding down the shift or control key.
The list view
- Current status
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Up to date
Outdated
Unknown (perform status update)
Yellow vertical highlighting: layout warnings
Indicates layout issues between the Excel source and the Word document (manually changed cell widths in tables in Word, incorrect assignments of row types in Excel, missing font types for conditional formatting or struckthrough cells with content on your computer or else contents were found in struckthrough cells in Excel).
Indicates errors within the Excel source (such as a validation problem with toolsvalidation, division by zero, missing reference or missing languagewords translation).
Red vertical highlighting: problems
Indicates objects which cannot be updated because a problem has occurred. Expanding the object displays the problem and a solution suggestion.
Additional information
Clicking on the left arrow expands the objects and shows additional information (see also “View”). In the problem/solution suggestion area, if applicable, an explanation is given why an object was not updated in the last update process. Here you will also find the toolsvalidation status information.
See also
Insert contents from Excel into Word
An overview of the Excel data manager
The data object options in the Excel data manager
Update Excel contents