Linking excel spreadsheets to InDesign

[laurah63497461]

When linking excel spreadsheets to InDesign I can't seem to match the formatting style that I have set up in my InDesign page can anyone help? 

[SJRiegel]

To keep InDesign table formatting, everything needs to be set in Styles - Cell Styles, Table Styles, Paragrapgh Styles and Character Styles. This way the styling will hold when you update the excel sheet. 

What particuar problem are you having?

[Colin Flashman]

In addition to the styling information, there is one "behaviour" to look out for. If selecting a frame with a table in it to update or replace the table, I found from time to time an unwanted character style pollutes my table. To avoid this, make sure that - when nothing is selected - the character styles panel is set to [None], and then select the frame containing the table to update.