
See CADstudio DwgText for a new application similar to Excellink, supporting all types of drawing texts (not only block attributes). You might also want to check out other Excel blogs such as “ How to assign shortcuts in Excel 2013”, “ Remarkable features of the quick access toolbar in Excel 2013” or “ Best Excel 2013 tricks: Naming a Cell” and “ How to add value to workbooks in Excel“.EXCELLINK for AutoCAD Link AutoCAD attributes to MS Excel sheet

Note the explanatory text that mentions that the file will be converted and that this may result in layout changes. If your file is in Compatibility Mode you will see the Convert button in the Backstage View. Convert an Excel 97-2003 file to a later versionįigure 57- Convert your older files to get the most up to date functionality Whenever you save a workbook in the future, it will be saved in Compatibility Mode once you change this setting.



In later versions, new features keep being added so it becomes necessary to save the workbook in a 2003 friendly way. Specifically, if you are working with someone who is still using Office 2003 then you will have issues because the file format changed with Office 2007 which is the release that followed 2003. When newer versions of Office programs come out, there is new functionality which is not available in the older versions.
