Quote Originally Posted by Johanna
Quote Originally Posted by Zombie Acorn
I am in the tech field, usually we would say "I imported the data into excel", "I entered the data into excel", or "I inputted the data into excel". It would be tech slang to say "I fed the data into excel" which is perfectly fine also as long as you use it correctly.

Never use "the" in front of proper names like "Excel".
True, I totally forgot that "fed data" is slang or at least jargon. (I am in IT too) Nice with a fellow geek, lol.

In my opinion it's not suitable to use slang in a foreign language until you are seriously fluent and confident about the language. (I learnt this the HARD way myself, in English. When in doubt, do NOT use slang... Trust me! )
I shouldn't have given a slang expression, sorry!
haha, I have to agree here, I would never try to use slang in a foreign language until I was fully fluent. Too much of a chance of everyone in the room looking at you like: what the hell did he just say?