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Viewing Excel File in MSE

Richard_S
Richard_S Posts: 4,432 Forumite
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Good afternoon all,

Quite a lot of the questions I get asked revolve around budgets. It's much quicker to put the details into an Excel spreadsheet, and juggle them around until I get the required result.

Is there any way I can then post the spreadsheet into an MSE Thread without throwing the formatting out? I've tried saving the file with different extensions and copying to a Word Document but nothing seems to work.

Something has changed with the site because until recently I was able to do it without any problems. I know the spreadsheet won't be functional, I just want it visible to the O.P.

Regards

Richard

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  • The_JinJ
    The_JinJ Posts: 468 Forumite
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  • Richard_S
    Richard_S Posts: 4,432 Forumite
    The_JinJ wrote: »
    I must    I must    I must increase my bust
I must    I must    I must increase my bust
I must    I must    I must increase my bust
I must    I must    I must increase my bust

    Using the code tags? [ CODE ] & [ CODE ]
    That what your after?

    Hi Neil,

    Thanks for the suggestion.

    It still throws the formatting out; it's all in a long line, and not on a row and columanr format.
  • espresso
    espresso Posts: 16,448 Forumite
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    Richard_S wrote: »
    Something has changed with the site because until recently I was able to do it without any problems. I know the spreadsheet won't be functional, I just want it visible to the O.P.

    :confused:

    Show us one of your previous posts then!
    :doh: Blue text on this forum usually signifies hyperlinks, so click on them!..:wall:
  • Richard_S
    Richard_S Posts: 4,432 Forumite
    espresso wrote: »
    :confused:

    Show us one of your previous posts then!

    Hi espresso,

    The original spreadsheet was four columns by 45 rows.

    IncomeOriginal I&E BudgetRevised I&E BudgetNotesWages0.000.00Government Pension Pension0.000.00Company Pension0.000.00Total Income0.000.00ExpenditureRent650.000.00Housekeeping400.000.00Electric30.000.00Gas30.000.00Water30.000.00Telephone0.000.00Travel (essential)0.000.00Clothing80.000.00Council Tax110.000.00TV Licence12.000.00Laundry10.000.00Meals at work0.000.00Dentists50.000.00Eye Care30.000.00Car Tax10.000.00Car Insurance30.000.00Car Maintenance50.000.00Petrol / Public Transport120.000.00Breakdown Cover10.000.00House Insurance30.000.00Mobile52.000.00Household Maintenance0.000.00Garden Maintenance0.000.00Family0.000.00Prescriptions20.000.00Holiday60.000.00Christmas / Birtdays100.000.00Pets20.000.00Pet Insurance0.000.00Socialising0.000.00Incidentals100.000.00Hairdressing20.000.00Child Allowance150.000.00Total Expenditure2,204.000.00Surplus -2,204.000.00Notes
  • espresso
    espresso Posts: 16,448 Forumite
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    Richard_S wrote: »
    Hi espresso,

    The original spreadsheet was four columns by 45 rows.

    IncomeOriginal I&E BudgetRevised I&E BudgetNotesWages0.000.00Government Pension Pension0.000.00Company Pension0.000.00Total Income0.000.00ExpenditureRent650.000.00Housekeeping400.000.00Electric30.000.00Gas30.000.00Water30.000.00Telephone0.000.00Travel (essential)0.000.00Clothing80.000.00Council Tax110.000.00TV Licence12.000.00Laundry10.000.00Meals at work0.000.00Dentists50.000.00Eye Care30.000.00Car Tax10.000.00Car Insurance30.000.00Car Maintenance50.000.00Petrol / Public Transport120.000.00Breakdown Cover10.000.00House Insurance30.000.00Mobile52.000.00Household Maintenance0.000.00Garden Maintenance0.000.00Family0.000.00Prescriptions20.000.00Holiday60.000.00Christmas / Birtdays100.000.00Pets20.000.00Pet Insurance0.000.00Socialising0.000.00Incidentals100.000.00Hairdressing20.000.00Child Allowance150.000.00Total Expenditure2,204.000.00Surplus -2,204.000.00Notes

    What I meant was, show us a link to one of your previous excel forum posts.
    :doh: Blue text on this forum usually signifies hyperlinks, so click on them!..:wall:
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