using Libre office files on a chromebook for gift aid

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 very slow ,it will shortly need to be replaced, 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 with data being input directly to the cloud.

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

Jenni_D

https://www.libreoffice.org/download/libreoffice-from-microsoft-and-mac-app-stores/ ... link from there is:

https://www.collaboraoffice.com/press-releases/collabora-office-ships-for-chromebooks/

Does that help at all?

mookev

Excellent,  thanks for your help. 🙂

ann_droid

I would have suggested saving as an xls format, which I believe would function in almost all scenarios.
But that would be wrong, ODS and CSV however....