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When you view and interact with a spreadsheet in your Web browser, you are working with a component that was created in another program called a design program. In a design program such as Microsoft FrontPage or data access pages in Microsoft Access, you can add the data that you want in the spreadsheet, add the spreadsheet to a Web page you're designing, and publish the Web page to a Web server. Help about designing a spreadsheet is available from within the design program.
To learn more about designing a spreadsheet, first choose a design program to work in. You can start in any of the supported design programs, and then later work on the same spreadsheet in a different design program if you need different design features.
Getting help in design programs
When you are working in a design program, you can get help in the following ways:
Microsoft Excel provides both general Help about saving Excel data for use on Web pages, and specific information about saving spreadsheets for use on Web pages. To access this Help in Excel, click the Office Assistant, or click Microsoft Excel Help .
Getting help with writing scripts and programs that use spreadsheets
You can use scripts and programs to automate spreadsheets, or you can include spreadsheets in run-time programs other than Web browsers � programs that you develop in a programming environment such as Microsoft Visual Basic.
Writing scripts Microsoft Office programs provide the Microsoft Script Editor to help you write scripts. For example, you can use the Script Editor in Microsoft FrontPage to customize a spreadsheet. For information about running the Script Editor, see Help in your Office design program. In the Script Editor, you can display additional Help about using its features and writing scripts.
Object model Help For help developing a program or script to work with a spreadsheet, you can display information about the object model, properties, and methods specific to spreadsheets. This object model Help is installed whenever you install the Microsoft Office Web Components, of which the Spreadsheet Component is one. Depending on the design program you're using, you can access this Help in either of two ways: