Requirements in ArcGIS
Transfer new* columns from ArcGIS to Excel. This operates quite fast and convenient. Nevertheless please read through the following instructions first in order for the GISconnector for Excel working exactly the way you intend it to.
Renaming fields in ArcGIS using the GISconnector for Excel
Proceed as follows for this purpose:
1. Change the name of a column in Excel. However the data format of the column may not be altered.
2. Transfer the column with respect to the settings under "Columns/Fields" and the "Options" from Excel to ArcGIS. Both the renamed column on the source side (Excel) and the field with the old name in ArcGIS on the target side must be activated respectively managed by the GISconnector for Excel. In addition, it must be permitted in the "Options" for columns in ArcGIS to be deleted that are no longer available in Excel.
3. Upon transfer, the GISconnector for Excel deletes the old column in ArcGIS (it is no longer available in Excel because it has been renamed) and creates the new* resp. the renamed column with the same content in ArcGIS for you.
Transfer new* columns from ArcGIS to Excel
1. Create a new column in ArcGIS.
2. Activate the transfer of the new* column(s) from ArcGIS to Excel in the dialogue 
"Edit connection" respectively let the GISconnector for Excel manage the column. Within the index "Options" you can apply a setting for each connection to determine whether new* columns (in ArcGIS or in Excel) should be managed by the GISconnector for Excel as default and hence taken into consideration for the transfer or not. The default setting is for new* columns to be managed by GISconnector for Excel in both transfer directions.
"Edit connection" respectively let the GISconnector for Excel manage the column. Within the index "Options" you can apply a setting for each connection to determine whether new* columns (in ArcGIS or in Excel) should be managed by the GISconnector for Excel as default and hence taken into consideration for the transfer or not. The default setting is for new* columns to be managed by GISconnector for Excel in both transfer directions.3. Fill your column with content as required (e.g. by calculating the area) and then click on one of the three following buttons in accordance with your requirement:
No matter which button you activate your new* column(s) is (are) transferred to Excel.