subject: Demystifying The Abilities Of Excelpipe [print this page] Migrating huge numbers of files used to be a nightmare some few years ago. Firstly, such a task had to be done manually meaning that a lot of time was wasted doing the same thing over and over again. Secondly, there was always the very high probability of presenting inaccurate data as the final product. Both of these issues are just but a distant memory now; the introduction of ExcelPipe find and replace for Excel certainly started making things much easier. Those who have not yet tried ExcelPipe need to know about its capabilities this is a tool theyll want to start using sooner rather than later.
Sometimes a business may need to make changes to its name, address or website. When such changes need to be effected on many spreadsheets things may get really complicated. Trying to make such alterations manually may most likely present challenges of epic levels and errors may therefore abound. However, the possibility of making such challenges automatically and within a very short time is now a reality, thanks to ExcelPipe.
ExcelPipe can enable changes to UNC paths (when renaming servers), and the creation or changes to hyperlinks. It can also be used to automatically update a firms vital details such as its name, phone number(s) and address(s) with mind-boggling accuracy. Talk about translating spreadsheets which have find and replace lists and ExcelPipe will be there for you; the ability to update Microsoft Name space Server mappings and Microsoft Share Point documents is just but another feather that can be added to ExcelPipes hat.
To use ExcelPipe is quite easy. This includes right-clicking on the folders or files to be processed and then choosing ExcelPipe. Alternatively, the files can be dragged and dropped from Windows Explorer to the program. Search and replace pairs are then added and ones task is as good as done. The ability of ExcelPipe to accurately effect changes in thousands of spreadsheets is what baffles many cynics. User intervention is rarely required when dealing with this program. In fact, a user can automate ExcelPipe to run for 24 hours in a day without any reservations since a restart and recovery application is included just in case problems develop with Microsoft Excel.
The fact that this program is compliant with Unicode, and that it can handle thousands of spreadsheets including find and replace pairs, is what endears it to many people. Lots of companies are fighting to get an ISO certification nowadays. Accordingly, they should also think about how they will update their documents so as to reflect their ISO numbers; ExcelPipe can help them update ISO-9001 versions of numbers accurately and efficiently.
