December 29, 2013 6:31 pm
Today I had the problem of converting an Excel table of values into a LaTeX table. I could have done it by hand but the table had over 400 entries so that would have been a bit tedious. Instead, I did the usual and hunted around for any automated possibilities and came across two:
1. Excel2LaTeX.
This is a Excel Add-In that converts a selected set of Excel rows and columns into a LaTeX table. However as per usual for Microsoft it isn't trivial to add Add-Ins. After some fuzzing around I discovered these instructions on stackoverflow. One would think that adding an Add-In to Excel would be a case of simply loading the Add-In file, but of course not, it requires a minimum of at least 8 different steps. But it doesn't end there. The final step, number 9, is to close Excel, yes I said close Excel, restart Excel and the Add-In is available (hopefully). After that, the Add-In is fairly trivial to use and offers a number of useful formatting options..
2. A second option is an online tool by Eric Wood This was very easy to use, just drag your excel file on the browser window. If your data is on a particular sheet, make sure to select that sheet on the provided dropdown list.
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