How Do I Allow Forum Readers to see a Spreadsheet I have created?

Model Railroader General Discussion (Model Railroader)
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I have a useful-to-HO-scale Spreadsheet to share. How do I allow Forum Readers to see that Spreadsheet or at least to somehow gain access to it?

I have been reading the forum for several years and learned immense amounts about model railroading by so doing. My attempts at a ‘search’ have not given me a clue as to how to share a spreadsheet.

Please assist me.

Thanks from Jim

Now I know how, thanks to TrainManTy, who responded to my e-mail

Here is the link you need to try:

http://spreadsheets.google.com/ccc?key=0AhhBCe77kgaSdEJ6aWlrMjZreWxBYVVWOEVVTFFsd0E&hl=en

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If it’s a small one open it full screen on your computer.

Use the Print Screen button to copy the screen to the clipboard.

Open a photo or paint program and paste the clipboard into a new file.

Save the file as a .jpg or .bmp file.

Then load it to a photo sharing site like Photobucket.com and share it like any photograph.

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I think that he means he wants forum members to be able to use the spreadsheet. If that is the case, then it would have to be on a website and a hyperlink could then be posted here.

Scott

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Upload to Google Documents (requires a Google Account), then publish as a webpage. There is an option to allow anybody online to edit it - and you can also revert to any previous version if some troll goes and destroys the whole thing.

Here’s an example; my (now inaccurate) schedule for Worcester, Mass, which included CSX freight trains…

http://spreadsheets.google.com/pub?key=p1JDjBW8mPUzOEIBug7XGQw

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Thanks to a helpful response from TrainManTy, I can now provide the following link to my spreadsheet.

If you have a stopwatch, why not try using the spreadsheet. Put in any distance over which you want to measure the time and then read the train speed from the chart.

Let me know how it goes.

Jim

http://spreadsheets.google.com/ccc?key=0AhhBCe77kgaSdEJ6aWlrMjZreWxBYVVWOEVVTFFsd0E&hl=en

This is the updated version of the same Spreadsheet.

http://spreadsheets.google.com/ccc?key=0AhhBCe77kgaSdEw5bFctd1l6d2lmdkJ4MWFwc20tMHc&hl=en

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For those that don’t want to or can’t afford MS Office, there is a free alternative, OpenOffice 3.1. It is a free download and 100% compatible with MS Office. google as well, as i was able to dload and save the spreadsheet and use it.

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Hmm. Well, the numbers look sound, but I’m not sure its all that user friendly just yet. I dunno what the chart a the bottom is trying to say. Maybe you just need to re-locate the lablling is all.