Inserting Word or Excel docs.

**Xringshooter** · June 11th, 2008, 08:06 PM

Is there a way to insert a word (.doc) or excel (.xls) page(?) into a post and the site not change the spacing of everything. I tried to insert a .xls into a post and when I previewed it, it removed all the correct spacing which defeated the purpose. It was a table of primer names , manufactures and their designations for the primers which I thought might be usful.

**gnbrotz** · June 11th, 2008, 08:11 PM

Your best bet for something like a table is to grab a screenshot of it, then post the image. If you need any help getting that done, PM me.

**Montanya** · June 11th, 2008, 08:13 PM

Also the MS Office suite can export to HTML, that might be a good way to keep formatting intact for things like that.

**awkx** · June 11th, 2008, 09:32 PM

You can attach an MS Word or MS Excel document to a post. (See below screenshot.) However, DOC and XLS are not allowed file extensions, but ZIP is allowed, so first you must zip your document, then you can post it. For example, I have an MS Word document attached to this post.

**awkx** · June 11th, 2008, 09:39 PM

Oh, BTW, if you're using MS Office, please be aware that your saved files may contain hidden personal information. E.g., in MS Word, click "File > Properties", and take a look at the Name field. And if you have "allow fast saves" enabled, then deleted text might still be present in your document, but just marked as deleted.

**Xringshooter** · June 12th, 2008, 08:03 PM

Thanks for the replies. This gives me somewhere to start.

**tl_3237** · June 12th, 2008, 09:40 PM

also consider that not everyone can open a specific format of document (ex: MS Word, WordPerfect, Excel, Lotus, etc). Also not everyone would necessarily have a compatible version of the required application even if they had MSWord, for example. For maximum portability use the screen image or a simple text file or a common file format (ex: HTML, RTF)

**Zef_66** · June 13th, 2008, 01:02 PM

Originally Posted by Xringshooter

Thanks for the replies. This gives me somewhere to start.

I am starting to use Google Documents quite a bit now. I work on things at work, and they are usually excel docs. If I want to take them home, I can upload them to Google Docs and have them online anywhere, anytime. So if you did that, you could just make it a public document and let people view it.

Just a thought.

As an example, here is a spreadsheet for some engine parts I needed to buy:

http://spreadsheets.google.com/ccc?k...PBtabDPQ&hl=en