I use Excel with my Yahoo "portfolio" downloaded every two minutes to track all the prices. They have changed about once a year or so, but so far I've been able to hancle the reformats. I also have to enter my Yahoo password every few weeks. Could be more convenient, but worth it so far.
To download a web page into Excel 2007 (first one with the stupid "ribbon bar" I think):
Select the Excel cell that will be the top left corner of the download.
Use the "Data" ribbon to select "from Web". This pops up a dialog box that acts as a web browser. Navigate to the web page you want to download.
Each web page displayed in the dialog box will have little yellow boxes that you can click (one or many) to indicate content you want to download. Typically a portfolio will be a single table that you can download as a single item.
Click the "Import" button at the bottom of the dialog box.
A new box pops up, allowing you to specify a different location, or click on "Properties" to change to update rate or download formatting. Click "OK" when done.
Your downloaded info should now show in your spreadsheet.
You can select the same Excel cell used for the download, use the "Connections" section on the "Data" ribbon to update your data or change it.
To download a web page into Excel 2007 (first one with the stupid "ribbon bar" I think):
Select the Excel cell that will be the top left corner of the download.
Use the "Data" ribbon to select "from Web". This pops up a dialog box that acts as a web browser. Navigate to the web page you want to download.
Each web page displayed in the dialog box will have little yellow boxes that you can click (one or many) to indicate content you want to download. Typically a portfolio will be a single table that you can download as a single item.
Click the "Import" button at the bottom of the dialog box.
A new box pops up, allowing you to specify a different location, or click on "Properties" to change to update rate or download formatting. Click "OK" when done.
Your downloaded info should now show in your spreadsheet.
You can select the same Excel cell used for the download, use the "Connections" section on the "Data" ribbon to update your data or change it.