Cannot use Excel Add-In

[Joan.Q]

I have added Excel Add-in successfully yet cannot use the Excel activities under UiPath.

Cannot choose Excel file to type into

[flavius (Flavius Manea)]

The Excel AddIn allows you to “Indicate in Excel” a cell/range/table to use in your workflow to write/read data. In other words, it provides a special integration with Excel. Example:

TypeInto is a generic activity, which allows you to type something in any application and has nothing to do with the Excel AddIn. You can type in Excel if you want, but is quicker to use the dedicated integration mentioned above: