How do I transfer a spreadsheet from Excel to Illustrator while maintaining the links?

[Михаил26040696rls4]

How do I transfer a spreadsheet from Excel to Illustrator while maintaining the links (maybe it's called something else)?

[Monika Gause]

You can't.

[John Mensinger · Accepted solution]

There isn't a way to do that. The file constructs of the two applications are not compatible in a way that would facilitate it.