1. Automatic Data Capture

3. Objectives:
Create an automatically updatable web query using a spreadsheet
Recognise when it is important to be able to automatically update data

4. What we are going to do...
Link information directly from a satellite to our spreadsheet
Create a series of automatically updating charts

5. Instructions (1) 2. Select the “Data” tab Open Excel
3. Select From Web

6. Instructions (2) “Met Office Weather 2009”
In the “new web query” box, type the following into Google:
“Met Office Weather 2009”
5. Select the first link

7. 6. Select “Regional values: September”
Instructions (3)
6. Select “Regional values: September”

8. 7. Click on the little arrow next to the table, then Import
Instructions (4)
7. Click on the little arrow next to the table, then Import

10. Once you have created the link...
Format your table
Set up some charts
Take screen shots of you work and put them into your E-portfolio
Annotate all your work
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