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Sofia Sabella
Participant
July 10, 2023
Question

Importing .xlsx into InDesign

Help!

I'm designing a quote template document for a client - in which they'd like an editable table that can add up their inputted data (once exported as a pdf). I'm not exactly sure how to pull this off - but thought I'd start by importing/placing an excel/numbers table as a starting point. No matter what I do, what preferences are clicked - every time I try to place any .xlsx file - InDesign says: "Cannot place this file. No filter found for requested operation." I've tried different formats from numbers, to excel, to downloaded sheets from google docs - no luck. I've checked the "create links when placing text and spreadsheet files" box under Preferences > File Handling, too. My mac software and adobe software is all up-to-date. 

 

Any help/advice would be really appreciated. Thanks!

Thank you!

 

 

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BobLevine
Community Expert
Community Expert
July 10, 2023

This is typical of "fake" Excel documents created in other applications such as Google Sheets. Was the file actually saved in Excel?

Sofia Sabella
Participant
July 10, 2023

Thanks for responding so quickly! The original file is made in Numbers - not Microsoft Excel (I don't have it). Will find and try an original Excel file.

rob day
Community Expert
Community Expert
July 10, 2023

Hi @Sofia Sabella , From Numbers try choosing .xls rather than .xlsx as the Export Format