Correct spreadsheets for Charity Gift aid claims

mookev

I have been treasurer of a motorcycling charity since 2013. Annually, I claim gift aid for the charity via GOV.UK. being mean , I do not pay to have microsaft excel on my laptop, so on the advice of the gov.uk website I downloaded and use Libre office and send the spreadsheets, once completed in ODS format. Now the question..

My poor old laptop is getting tired, and it has been suggested that I could buy a chromebook or similar, where the data is stored in the cloud . The spreadsheet would be cloud operated using google spreadsheets.

I have been using googledrive to back up all my spreadsheets for over a year, but the ODS spreadsheet for the gift aid claim, will not upload onto the gov.uk website if modified on google drive then downloaded in ODS format, why I do not know. I have recently downloaded the Excel format gift aid claim form, and I am building that up as a claim parrellel to the ODS spreadsheet.

My question, is does anyone else manage their gift aid claim spreadsheet on a chromebook in the cloud and is there a way I can make it work so I can easily and painlesslly submit it at the end of the year?

thanks in anticipation

Savvy_Sue

I'm sure this is the kind of question DH's Linux User Group would love to answer: they may not specifically know about making Gift Aid claims, but they are likely to know a fair bit about manipulating LibreOffice files. 

I'd see if you have such a group in your area? 

Although this kind of thing is precisely why I DO pay for Office on my laptop: "oh you'll never notice the difference!" Maybe not until you try to do something 'interesting'. 

I will also ask DH: he has done Gift Aid claims in the past, but possibly not from a cloud based file. 

J_B

Maybe you ought to post on the Techie forum https://forums.moneysavingexpert.com/categories/techie-stuff

They will help you get your existing PC updated (probably)

I bought MS Office 365 off ebay for around a fiver

Savvy_Sue

J_B said:

Maybe you ought to post on the Techie forum https://forums.moneysavingexpert.com/categories/techie-stuff

They will help you get your existing PC updated (probably)

I bought MS Office 365 off ebay for around a fiver

Excellent suggestion, why didn't I think of that? (Answer: because my brain has melted ...)

martindow

In Libre Office you can save files as various file types including Microsoft Excel.  If you take your spreadsheet click File- Save  and then in the box that opens below the file name there is a box labelled Save as file type.  Click the down arrow and choose Excel, click save, confirm you want to save in the Excel file type.  See if that uploads OK.