Set up your browser
Pin GridMagic to your toolbar
Open your browser’s extensions menu and pin GridMagic. Keeping it visible gives you one-click access whenever you find something worth clipping.
You can also press Alt ⇧ G to start clipping right away.
Connect your account
Sign in from the extension panel
Open the GridMagic browser extension and choose Sign in. Alternatively, sign in to your account on the GridMagic website.
This will sign you into your account for both the browser extension and the GridMagic website.
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Select the content you want
- Open the webpage containing the value or table you want.
- Open the GridMagic extension panel and click the Clip button. You can also use the keyboard shortcut Alt ⇧ G.
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Select an element on the page simply by clicking your mouse cursor. To select more than one element, drag to select a grid, or hold Ctrl or ⇧ and click to select additional individual elements. Prefer the context menu? Right-click an element and choose Clip this to GridMagic…
When dragging to select a grid of values, GridMagic will attempt to select
into a grid of similar shape.
Pro tip: To most efficiently
select tabular data, try selecting the outer table.
Evergreen lounge chair
Deep green velvet, solid oak legs, and an easy place to land.
Confirm the result
Preview and save the clip
GridMagic opens a preview using spreadsheet-style cells. Check that the value and layout look right, then choose Save clip.
If you attempt to re-clip something that you've already clipped, GridMagic will ask if you'd like to update the existing clip with the newly selected values.
One-time setup
Add GridMagic to your spreadsheet
Install the integration for each spreadsheet app you plan to use. This registers the GridMagic function so your spreadsheet knows how to evaluate the formula copied by the browser extension.
Install the GridMagic add‑on
- Open a spreadsheet in Google Sheets.
- Choose Extensions → Add‑ons → Get add‑ons.
- Search for GridMagic, then choose Install.
- Review the requested access, choose Continue, and then Allow.
- Return to the spreadsheet and refresh the page if prompted.
- Open Extensions → GridMagic → Refresh formulas whenever you want to force Google Sheets to re-evaluate all GridMagic formulas in the spreadsheet.
The menu option refreshes only GRIDMAGIC formulas, leaving other workbook content alone.
Install the GridMagic add‑in
- Open a workbook in Excel for Windows or Excel on the web.
- On the Home tab, choose Add‑ins .
- Choose More Add‑ins if GridMagic is not immediately listed.
- Search for GridMagic and open its listing.
- Choose Add.
- Review the requested access and choose Continue.
- Open the Formulas tab and use the Refresh formulas button in the GridMagic group whenever you want to force Excel to re-evaluate all your GridMagic formulas.
The ribbon button refreshes only GRIDMAGIC.CLIP formulas, leaving other workbook content alone.
You do not need to sign in again inside your spreadsheet. The formula contains the saved clip reference that GridMagic uses to return its value.
Use the clip
Copy and paste the formula
Once you've clipped the right content, select whether to use the Google Sheets or Excel formula. Copy it, then simply paste it into any cell in your spreadsheet.
If you're a Pro subscriber, GridMagic will try to automatically keep your clip updated so that your spreadsheet always has an up-to-date value.
=GRIDMAGIC("3QYx…")
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=GRIDMAGIC("3QYx…")
Lounge chair
Oak & Linen
$129.00
3Grid clips expand across neighboring cells from the cell containing the formula.
Keep things organized
Manage clips from the website
Open My Clips to search your saved clips, copy another formula, review value history, or manually update a clip.
Search by title, source domain, or indexed terms.
Manually update clips from My Clips.
See previously retrieved values in spreadsheet form.
Pro keeps your most-used clips updated automatically.
Common questions
Troubleshooting
The Clip button does not select anything
Reload the webpage after installing GridMagic, then try again. Browsers do not allow extensions to select content on internal pages such as settings, extension stores, or a new-tab page.
The selected value or grid does not look right
Close the preview and try again, making a more focused selection. If the clip already exists, choose to update the existing clip with the new values.
A saved value is out of date
Open My Clips and try updating it manually by clicking the refresh button. Some websites change their markup, require a signed-in browser session, or block automated retrieval, so an update may occasionally need another selection.
I copied the wrong formula format
Return to the clip, switch the formula control between Google Sheets and Excel, and copy it again. The saved clip itself does not need to change.
GridMagic doesn't seem to clip tables of data correctly
Instead of drag selecting a table of data, click to select the outer table boundary. GridMagic should detect the table of data and handle it appropriately.
Still have a question?
For anything else, contact the GridMagic support team.