How to include a Excel spreadsheet on a post?

[ainslie]

Hi

I tried to upload a excel spreadsheet showing labs on a post but it wont allow it , it says "Make sure your image ends with.jpg,.jpeg or .png. I am reasonablish with computers but dont understand what that means, so can anyone help with how do I get it uploaded please. PS when I was in School we used slide rules instead of computers

[SlowDragon Administrator]

you can only add an image

Take a photo of spreadsheet with phone camera

[ainslie in reply to SlowDragon]

Ah oky thank you will try that

[ainslie in reply to SlowDragon]

I took photo with iPad, e mailed it to my PC , saved it in photos , when I tried to upload it it said no. The document /photo has mst after it ie spreadsheet.mst so looks like it doesn’t have jpg or jpeg or png after it, any idea how I can sort please

[SlowDragon Administrator in reply to ainslie]

is pc not an Apple?

click on photo and open it on computer

You should be able to “export” image as jpeg

Save to desktop

Then should be able to add jpeg to post

[ainslie in reply to SlowDragon]

as far as i know a PC is not Apple or a slide rule :-), my PC is Dell etc, got it sorted for now though, seems just a matter of copy and paste, its posted now, I think, thanks for trying though

[helvella Administrator]

I have just been checking.

If you are using a PC:

Select the cells.

Ctrl + C

Then, in the post you are making, do Ctrl + V.

If you are using a Mac:

Select the cells.

Command + C

Then, in the post you are making, do Command + V.

If you are using an iPad of an iPhone:

I have just been trying in Excel on an iPhone and it doesn't work as we might expect/hope.

On an iPad, you can do a screenshot:

support.apple.com/en-gb/gui...

Then add that image to the post you are making.

(Might be slightly different on an iPhone than an iPad.)

Photos are not a good idea unless they cannot be avoid. You ended up having difficulties with lighting, moire fringing, etc.

[ainslie in reply to helvella]

thank you I have done that and its now posted, didnt think of copying and pasting, thought we were supposed to upload, grrr been at this for ages , learnt something though

[helvella Administrator in reply to ainslie]

Copy and paste of images is something that has only been implemented in the relatively recent past.

And there are (or were) slight differences between doing it on the first post of a thread and on subsequent replies!

So long as it worked.

Editing!

An image on the first post gets scaled and that is that.

On replies, it gets scaled down and you have a {+} sign which can be used to expand it.

[ainslie in reply to helvella]

oky thanks, phew

[Dayinue]

I've had the same issue before. The forum is asking for an image file, like a .jpg or .png, instead of an Excel file. What you can do is take a screenshot of your Excel spreadsheet and save it as an image. On Windows, you can use the Snipping Tool or Snip & Sketch to capture the screen, and on Mac, you can use Command + Shift + 4.

[helvella Administrator in reply to Dayinue]

You do not need to save a file. You can paste it directly into a reply or a post.

And you do not need to do a screenshot in Excel - select cells and copy. Avoids the lining up issues of a screenshot.