Microsoft KB Archive/162313

= XL97: Merge Workbooks Not Same as Lotus 1-2-3 "/File Combine" =

Article ID: 162313

Article Last Modified on 10/22/2000

-

APPLIES TO


 * Microsoft Excel 97 Standard Edition

-



This article was previously published under Q162313



SUMMARY
The "Merge Workbooks" command (Tools menu) in Microsoft Excel 97 does not provide the same functionality as the "/File Combine" command in Lotus 1-2- 3.



MORE INFORMATION
The differences between the "Merge Workbooks" command in Microsoft Excel 97 and the "/File Combine" command in Lotus 1-2-3 are described in the following sections.

Merge Workbooks
The Merge Workbooks menu command is used with the Shared Workbooks feature in Microsoft Excel 97. A workbook can be shared between multiple users. As each user saves a copy of the file, you will be left with multiple copies of the same shared workbook. This feature allows you to merge the copies of the shared workbook into one master file. The copy of the shared workbook that will be used as the master file must be active when you use this feature.

/File Combine
The /File Combine command in Lotus 1-2-3 is used to insert data from a file on a disk to the active cell in your current worksheet. When the data is taken from the file, you can choose to add, subtract, or copy the new data with the data in the current worksheet. You also have the choice to combine the entire file or a named/specified range of the file with the current worksheet.

