Data Journalism (CAR)

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Getting this data into Excel is very easy. You could cut and paste which often works if the html table is clean, but is not always an option. The best way is to use the ‘import’ function in Excel. Open a new workbook and go to the data tab and click ‘from web’. This will bring up a pop-up web browser. You can either navigate to the right website through this pop-up, or simply paste the correct url into it. This will bring up a set of yellow boxes containing black arrows. These refer to tables in html code on the website and they allow you to decide which table to select. In this case, click the box highlighted in green. Selecting it turns the arrow into a tick box.

This will bring up a set of y arrows. These refer to tables in they allow you to decide which click the box highlighted in gree into a tick box.

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