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    Preserve Fill Color External Data Connection

    Hello All,

    I have a table that in my worksheet that is setup as an external connection. The remote file is an .xlsx worksheet sitting on a remote drive. When I setup the connection though, it loses cell fill color. It is proving to be a nightmare to try and add in a bunch of conditional formatting.

    Surely to god there has to be a way for Excel to capture the cell color when refreshing the table on the local sheet!

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    Re: Preserve Fill Color External Data Connection

    Can anyone take a monday morning stab at this?

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    Re: Preserve Fill Color External Data Connection

    Surely to god there has to be a way for Excel to capture the cell color when refreshing the table on the local sheet!
    sorry, no there isnt, formatting is not data, and formulas work with data. Perhaps you could use VBA for this
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