To link your Excel spreadsheet and search for individual lines, you can use the following steps:
- Open your original Excel spreadsheet and select the data range/cells you want to link and search.
- Click on the “Insert” tab in the Excel ribbon and select “Table” to convert the data range into a table.
- Name the table, if you haven't already done so, by selecting any cell within the table and entering the name in the “Table Name” field under the “Table Tools” tab.
- Save and close the original Excel spreadsheet.
- Open a new Excel spreadsheet and select the cell where you want to display the search results.
- In the “Data” tab on the Excel ribbon, click on “From Other Sources” and select “From Microsoft Query”.
- Choose the original Excel spreadsheet file and select the table you named in step 3. Click “OK”.
- In the “Query Wizard” dialog box that appears, select the data columns you want to include in the search results and click “Next”.
- Choose the search criteria for your query and click “Next”.
- Specify any sorting or filtering options for the search results and click “Finish”.
- Save and close the new Excel spreadsheet.
Now, you’ll be able to enter a search term in the cell you selected in step 5 and display the search results in the linked Excel form.